Machine learning techniques using model deficiency data objects for tensor-based graph processing models

ABSTRACT

Various embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatus, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for generating a model deficiency data object for a tensor-based graph processing machine learning model. Certain embodiments of the present invention utilize systems, methods, and computer program products that generate a model deficiency data object for a tensor-based graph processing machine learning model using holistic graph links generated by utilizing a graph representation machine learning model.

BACKGROUND

Various embodiments of the present invention address technicalchallenges related to performing predictive data analysis and providesolutions to address the efficiency and reliability shortcomings ofexisting predictive data analysis solutions.

BRIEF SUMMARY

In general, various embodiments of the present invention providemethods, apparatus, systems, computing devices, computing entities,and/or the like for generating a model deficiency data object for atensor-based graph processing machine learning model. Certainembodiments of the present invention utilize systems, methods, andcomputer program products that generate a model deficiency data objectfor a tensor-based graph processing machine learning model usingholistic graph links generated by utilizing a graph representationmachine learning model.

In accordance with one aspect, a method is provided. In one embodiment,the method comprises: identifying a positive input set that isassociated with the risk category, wherein the positive input setcomprises a plurality of prediction input data objects that areassociated with an affirmative label for the risk category, and eachprediction input data object in the positive input set is associatedwith: (i) a prediction input feature set, (ii) a plurality of risktensors each generated based at least in part on a categorical subset ofthe prediction input feature set for the prediction input data objectthat is associated with an input category of a plurality of inputcategories, and (iii) a plurality of tensor-based graph representationsgenerated based at least in part on the plurality of risk tensors forthe prediction input data object; identifying a tensor-based graphrepresentation set for the positive input set, wherein: (i) thetensor-based graph representation set comprises, for each predictioninput data object in the positive input set, the plurality oftensor-based graph representations for the prediction input data object,and (ii) the tensor-based graph representation set describes a group oftensor-based graph links; generating, using a graph representationmachine learning model, and based at least in part on each predictioninput feature set, a group of holistic graph links; generating, based atleast in part on the group of tensor-based graph links and the group ofholistic graph links, a model deficiency data object; and performing oneor more prediction-based actions based at least in part on the modeldeficiency data object.

In accordance with another aspect, a computer program product isprovided. The computer program product may comprise at least onecomputer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program codeportions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portionscomprising executable portions configured to: identify a positive inputset that is associated with the risk category, wherein: the positiveinput set comprises a plurality of prediction input data objects thatare associated with an affirmative label for the risk category, and eachprediction input data object in the positive input set is associatedwith: (i) a prediction input feature set, (ii) a plurality of risktensors each generated based at least in part on a categorical subset ofthe prediction input feature set for the prediction input data objectthat is associated with an input category of a plurality of inputcategories, and (iii) a plurality of tensor-based graph representationsgenerated based at least in part on the plurality of risk tensors forthe prediction input data object; identify a tensor-based graphrepresentation set for the positive input set, wherein: (i) thetensor-based graph representation set comprises, for each predictioninput data object in the positive input set, the plurality oftensor-based graph representations for the prediction input data object,and (ii) the tensor-based graph representation set describes a group oftensor-based graph links; generate, using a graph representation machinelearning model, and based at least in part on each prediction inputfeature set, a group of holistic graph links; generate, based at leastin part on the group of tensor-based graph links and the group ofholistic graph links, a model deficiency data object; and perform one ormore prediction-based actions based at least in part on the modeldeficiency data object.

In accordance with yet another aspect, an apparatus comprising at leastone processor and at least one memory including computer program code isprovided. In one embodiment, the at least one memory and the computerprogram code may be configured to, with the processor, cause theapparatus to: identify a positive input set that is associated with therisk category, wherein: the positive input set comprises a plurality ofprediction input data objects that are associated with an affirmativelabel for the risk category, and each prediction input data object inthe positive input set is associated with: (i) a prediction inputfeature set, (ii) a plurality of risk tensors each generated based atleast in part on a categorical subset of the prediction input featureset for the prediction input data object that is associated with aninput category of a plurality of input categories, and (iii) a pluralityof tensor-based graph representations generated based at least in parton the plurality of risk tensors for the prediction input data object;identify a tensor-based graph representation set for the positive inputset, wherein: (i) the tensor-based graph representation set comprises,for each prediction input data object in the positive input set, theplurality of tensor-based graph representations for the prediction inputdata object, and (ii) the tensor-based graph representation setdescribes a group of tensor-based graph links; generate, using a graphrepresentation machine learning model, and based at least in part oneach prediction input feature set, a group of holistic graph links;generate, based at least in part on the group of tensor-based graphlinks and the group of holistic graph links, a model deficiency dataobject; and perform one or more prediction-based actions based at leastin part on the model deficiency data object.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Having thus described the invention in general terms, reference will nowbe made to the accompanying drawings, which are not necessarily drawn toscale, and wherein:

FIG. 1 provides an exemplary overview of an architecture that can beused to practice embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 2 provides an example predictive data analysis computing entity inaccordance with some embodiments discussed herein.

FIG. 3 provides an example client computing entity in accordance withsome embodiments discussed herein.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart diagram of an example process for generating amodel deficiency data object for a tensor-based graph processing machinelearning model that is associated with a risk category in accordancewith some embodiments discussed herein.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart diagram of an example process for generating agroup of holistic graph links for a risk category in accordance withsome embodiments discussed herein.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart diagram of an example process for generating amodel deficiency data object for a risk category based at least in parton a group of holistic graph links for the risk category in accordancewith some embodiments discussed herein.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart diagram of an example process for generating ahybrid risk score generation machine learning model in accordance withsome embodiments discussed herein.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart diagram of an example process for generating atensor-based graph processing machine learning model in accordance withsome embodiments discussed herein.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart diagram of an example process for generating ahybrid risk score generation machine learning model based at least inpart on inferred hybrid risk scores for a set of prior patient dataobjects in accordance with some embodiments discussed herein.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart diagram of an example process for performing amodel generation epoch of a genetic programming routine in accordancewith some embodiments discussed herein.

FIG. 11 provides an operational example of a prediction output userinterface in accordance with some embodiments discussed herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Various embodiments of the present invention now will be described morefully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in whichsome, but not all, embodiments of the invention are shown. Indeed, theinvention may be embodied in many different forms and should not beconstrued as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, theseembodiments are provided so that this disclosure will satisfy applicablelegal requirements. The term “or” is used herein in both the alternativeand conjunctive sense, unless otherwise indicated. The terms“illustrative” and “exemplary” are used to be examples with noindication of quality level. Like numbers refer to like elementsthroughout. Moreover, while certain embodiments of the present inventionare described with reference to predictive data analysis, one ofordinary skill in the art will recognize that the disclosed concepts canbe used to perform other types of data analysis.

I. Overview and Technical Improvements

Various embodiments of the present invention introduce techniques thatimprove the training speed of a graph processing machine learningframework given a constant/target predictive accuracy by using a modeldeficiency data object that is generated for the graph processingmachine learning framework using holistic graph links inferred by agraph representation machine learning model. The combination of thenoted components enables the proposed graph processing machine learningframework to generate more accurate graph-based predictions, which inturn increases the training speed of the proposed graph processingmachine learning framework given a constant predictive accuracy. It iswell-understood in the relevant art that there is typically a tradeoffbetween predictive accuracy and training speed, such that it is trivialto improve training speed by reducing predictive accuracy, and thus thereal challenge is to improve training speed without sacrificingpredictive accuracy through innovative model architectures. See, e.g.,Sun et al., Feature-Frequency—Adaptive On-line Training for Fast andAccurate Natural Language Processing in 40(3) Computational Linguistic563 at Abst. (“Typically, we need to make a tradeoff between speed andaccuracy. It is trivial to improve the training speed via sacrificingaccuracy or to improve the accuracy via sacrificing speed. Nevertheless,it is nontrivial to improve the training speed and the accuracy at thesame time”). Accordingly, techniques that improve predictive accuracywithout harming training speed, such as various techniques describedherein, enable improving training speed given a constant predictiveaccuracy. Therefore, by improving accuracy of performing graph-basedmachine learning predictions, various embodiments of the presentinvention improve the training speed of graph processing machinelearning frameworks given a constant/target predictive accuracy.

Various embodiments of the present invention make substantial technicalimprovements to performing operational load balancing for thepost-prediction systems that perform post-prediction operations (e.g.,automated specialist appointment scheduling operations) based at leastin part on graph-based predictions. For example, in some embodiments, apredictive recommendation computing entity determines D classificationsfor D prediction input data objects using a graph processing machinelearning framework that is augmented by a model deficiency data objectthat is generated for the graph processing machine learning frameworkusing holistic graph links inferred by a graph representation machinelearning model. Then, the count of D prediction input data objects thatare associated with an affirmative classification, along with a resourceutilization ratio for each prediction input data object, can be used topredict a predicted number of computing entities needed to performpost-prediction processing operations with respect to the D predictioninput data objects. For example, in some embodiments, the number ofcomputing entities needed to perform post-prediction processingoperations (e.g., automated specialist scheduling operations) withrespect to D prediction input data objects can be determined based atleast in part on the output of the equation: R=ceil(EΣ_(k) ^(k=K)ur_(k)), where R is the predicted number of computing entities needed toperform post-prediction processing operations with respect to the Dprediction input data objects, cello) is a ceiling function that returnsthe closest integer that is greater than or equal to the value providedas the input parameter of the ceiling function, k is an index variablethat iterates over K prediction input data objects among the Dprediction input data objects that are associated with affirmativeclassifications, and ur_(k) is the estimated resource utilization ratiofor a kth prediction input data object that may be determined based atleast in part on a patient history complexity of a patient associatedwith the prediction input data object. In some embodiments, once R isgenerated, a predictive recommendation computing entity can use R toperform operational load balancing for a server system that isconfigured to perform post-prediction processing operations with respectto D prediction input data objects. This may be done by allocatingcomputing entities to the post-prediction processing operations if thenumber of currently-allocated computing entities is below R, anddeallocating currently-allocated computing entities if the number ofcurrently-allocated computing entities is above R.

II. Definitions of Certain Terms

The term “prediction input data object” may refer to a data entity thatdescribes a real-world entity and/or a virtual entity with respect towhich one or more predictive data analysis operations are performed inorder to generate one or more predictive outputs (e.g., a hybrid riskscore) for the prediction input data object. An example of a predictioninput data object is a patient data object that describes one or morefeatures associated with a particular patient/individual. In someembodiments, features associated with a patient data object include atleast one of genomic data associated with the patient data object,behavioral data associated with the patient data object, clinical dataassociated with the patient data object, demographic data associatedwith the patient data object, health history data associated with thepatient data object, and/or the like. In some embodiments, feature datadescribed by a prediction input data object are referred to herein asthe prediction input feature set for the prediction input data object.In some embodiments, each feature described by a prediction inputfeature set for a prediction input data object belong to an inputcategory that describes a category of heterogenous feature datadescribed by prediction input data objects.

The term “risk category” may refer to a data entity that describes alabel space comprising a set of candidate labels, where the predictiveoutputs associated with a prediction input data object may be used toassign one candidate label in the label space to the prediction inputdata object. For example, a particular risk category may be associatedwith a particular disease/condition and describe a label spacecomprising a first candidate label that is assigned to a predictioninput data object if the prediction input data object is predicted,based at least in part on the predictive outputs (e.g., the hybrid riskscore) for the prediction input data object, to be at a high risk of theparticular disease/condition and a second candidate label that isassigned to a prediction input data object if the prediction input dataobject is predicted, based at least in part on the predictive outputs(e.g., the hybrid risk score) for the prediction input data object, tobe at a low risk of the particular disease/condition. As anotherexample, a particular risk category may be associated with a particulardisease/condition and describe a label space comprising a firstcandidate label that is assigned to a prediction input data object ifthe prediction input data object is predicted, based at least in part onthe predictive outputs (e.g., the hybrid risk score) for the predictioninput data object, to be at a high risk of the particulardisease/condition, a second candidate label that is assigned to aprediction input data object if the prediction input data object ispredicted, based at least in part on the predictive outputs (e.g., thehybrid risk score) for the prediction input data object, to be at a lowrisk of the particular disease/condition, and a third candidate labelthat is assigned to a prediction input data object if the predictioninput data object is predicted, based at least in part on the predictiveoutputs (e.g., the hybrid risk score) for the prediction input dataobject, to be at a medium risk of the particular disease/condition.

The term “positive input set” may refer to a data entity that describesa set of prediction input data objects (e.g., a set of patient inputdata objects) that are associated with an affirmative label defined by acorresponding risk category. For example, the positive input set for arisk category that is associated with a particular disease/condition mayinclude a set of patient data objects associated with a set ofpatients/individuals that suffer from the particular disease/condition.As another example, the positive input set for a risk category that isassociated with a particular disease/condition may include a set ofpatient data objects associated with a set of patients/individuals thatare predicted to be associated with a high risk of developing theparticular disease/condition. As described above, in some embodiments, arisk category is associated with a label space defining a set ofcandidate labels. In some of the noted embodiments, for a given riskcategory, one of the candidate labels defined by the label space for thegiven risk category is designated as an affirmative label, and then aset of prediction input data objects whose ground-truth labelscorrespond to the affirmative label are designated as the predictioninput data objects in the positive input sets for the given riskcategory. For example, when a risk category is associated with a labelspace for a particular disease/condition that comprises a high-risklabel and a low-risk label, the high-risk label may be designated as anaffirmative label, and thus those prediction input data objects whoseground-truth labels correspond to the high-risk label may be designatedas the positive input set for the noted risk category.

The term “holistic graph link” may refer to a data entity that describesa relationship between two or more features described by the predictioninput feature sets for the prediction input data objects in the positiveinput set for a risk category, where the relationship is generated basedat least in part on filtering pairwise relationships between featuresdescribed by the prediction input feature sets in accordance withpredicted relevance measures for the noted pairwise relationships. Forexample, co-occurrence edge weights generated by a graph representationmachine learning model based at least in part on prediction inputfeature sets for the high-risk population associated with a particulardisease/condition may describe that: (i) there is a sufficiently strongcorrelation between detection of a particular genetic variant in thegenomic sequences of the high-risk population and detection of highsmoking behavior in the high-risk population, (ii) there is asufficiently strong correlation between detection of high amounts ofusage of a particular inhaler in the high-risk population and detectionof the particular genetic variant in the genomic sequences of thehigh-risk population, and (iii) there is a sufficiently strongcorrelation between detection of high amounts of usage of the particularinhaler in the high-risk population and detection of high smokingbehavior in the high-risk population. In some embodiments, given thenoted predictive inferences, a holistic graph link may be generated forthe feature set comprising a first feature corresponding to detection ofthe particular genetic variant, a second feature corresponding to thedetection of high smoking behavior, and a third feature corresponding todetection of high amounts of usage of the particular inhaler.

The term “graph representation machine learning model” may refer to adata entity that describes a machine learning model, where the machinelearning model is configured to generate a co-occurrence edge weight fora co-occurrence edge between two node features. In some embodiments,given F features and P prediction input feature sets that are associatedwith the positive input set for a risk category, to generate theco-occurrence edge weight for a co-occurrence edge between a firstfeature node associated with a first feature and a second feature nodeassociated with a second feature, a graph representation machinelearning model first generates P per-input co-occurrence likelihoodvalues for the feature pair comprising the first feature and the secondfeature, with each per-input co-occurrence likelihood value beingassociated with a corresponding prediction input feature set in Pprediction input feature sets that are associated with the positiveinput set and describing a predicted likelihood that the predictioninput feature set describes occurrence/detection of both the secondfeature and the second feature. Then, to generate the co-occurrence edgeweight for the noted co-occurrence edge, the graph representationmachine learning model: (i) aggregates all of the P per-inputco-occurrence likelihood values for the feature pair comprising thefirst feature and the second feature to generate a cross-inputco-occurrence likelihood value, and (ii) normalizes the

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cross-input co-occurrence likelihood values across the

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feature pairs to generate

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co-occurrence edge weights for the

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co-occurrence edges. In some embodiments, inputs to the graphrepresentation machine learning model comprise T vectors, where T maydefine the number of input tokens generated based at least in part oninput prediction input feature sets or the number of input tokensgenerated based at least in part on all of the prediction input featuresets depending on the embodiments. In some embodiments, outputs of thegraph representation machine learning model comprise a vector describing

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per-input co-occurrence likelihood values for an input prediction inputfeature set across

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distinctive feature pairs defined for F features in a relevant featurespace. In some embodiments, the graph representation machine learningmodel is defined using training data describing ground-truthobservations about co-occurrence of features in particular real-worldentities and/or particular virtual-world entities (e.g., ground-truthobservations about co-occurrence of features across input categories ina particular patient data object).

The term “input category” may refer to a data entity that describes adefined attribute of a feature in a prediction input feature set for aprediction input data object that is used to divide the prediction inputfeature set into categorical subsets that are in turn used to generaterisk tensors. Examples of input categories for the prediction inputfeature set for a patient input data object include at least one of agenomic data input category, a behavioral data risk category, a clinicaldata risk category, a demographic data risk category, a health historydata risk category, and/or the like. In some embodiments, given apositive input set for a risk category that comprises P prediction inputdata objects (e.g., corresponding to P patients/individuals that sufferfrom a particular disease/condition), P prediction input feature setsare identified, where each prediction input feature set comprises theprediction input features for a corresponding prediction input dataobject. Importantly, in some embodiments, the prediction input featuresfor a particular prediction input data object comprise featuresassociated with C input categories. In some of the noted embodiments,holistic graph links are generated based at least in part onco-occurrence edge weights that are generated based at least in part onthe totality of each of the P prediction input feature sets, whichincludes each feature described by the P prediction input feature setsregardless of input category. In other words, if S_(a,b) describesfeatures of an ath prediction input data object that belong to a bthinput category, co-occurrence edge weights that are used to generateholistic graph links are generated based at least in part on a featureset that comprises U_(i=1) ^(P)U_(j=1) ^(C)S_(i,j). This is an importantproperty, because it means that holistic graph links are able to capturepredictive associations across prediction input data objects as well aspredictive associations across input categories, which means that theholistic graph links can include predictive insights that are notcaptured by tensor-based graph representations used to generate inputdata for a particular prediction input data that is provided to atensor-based graph processing machine learning model.

The term “tensor-based graph link” may refer to a data entity thatdescribes a feature set whose collective relationship is captured by atleast one tensor-based graph representation in the tensor-based graphrepresentation set for a corresponding risk category. In someembodiments, because the at least one tensor-based graph representationin the tensor-based graph representation set for a corresponding riskcategory captures the collective relationship associated with thefeature set, the predictive data analysis computing entity 106 infersthat the collective relationship is captured by the risk tensors used togenerate input data for a tensor-based graph processing machine learningmodel that is associated with the corresponding risk category, and thusthe tensor-based graph processing machine learning model that isassociated with the corresponding risk category is not deficient withrespect to the noted collective relationship. In some embodiments, atensor-based graph link describes a maximally-sized fully-connectedsubgraph of a tensor-based graph representation in the tensor-basedgraph representation set for a corresponding risk category. For example,consider an exemplary embodiment in which the set of tensor-based graphedges described by the tensor-based graph representations in thetensor-based graph representation set for a corresponding risk categoryinclude O_(1,2), O_(1,3), O_(2,3), and O_(3,4). In this example, thetensor-based graph representation set is associated with a firsttensor-based graph link that is associated with the features F₁, F₂, andF₃, and a second tensor-based graph link that is associated with thefeatures F₃ and F₄. In some embodiments, a tensor-based graph linkdescribes a fully-connected subgraph of a tensor-based graphrepresentation in the tensor-based graph representation set for acorresponding risk category. For example, consider an exemplaryembodiment in which the set of tensor-based graph edges described by thetensor-based graph representations in in the tensor-based graphrepresentation set for a corresponding risk category include O_(1,2),O_(1,3), O_(2,3), and O_(3,4). In this example, the tensor-based graphrepresentation set is associated with a first tensor-based graph linkthat is associated with the features F₁, F₂, and F₃, a secondtensor-based graph link that is associated with the features F₃ and F₄,a third tensor-based graph link that is associated with the features F₁and F₂, a fourth tensor-based graph link that is associated with thefeatures F₁ and F₃, and a fifth tensor-based graph link that isassociated with the features F₂ and F₃.

The term “prevalence score” may refer to a data entity that describes anestimated measure of the ratio of a predictive input population (e.g., apatient/individual population) that has features corresponding to thefeature set for a deficiency graph link to a total predictive inputpopulation. In some embodiments, the prevalence score for a deficiencygraph link describes whether the feature set associated with thedeficiency graph link is present in a statistically significant portionof the population. In some embodiments, by factoring in the rarity ofthe disease (e.g., as calculated via analysis of clinical research)associated with the risk category, the predictive data analysiscomputing entity 106 determines if the risk factors associated with thefeature set for a deficiency graph link are present in a statisticallysignificant portion of the population. This is a critical step asselecting a smaller population size may be feasible for a rare disease,but a more common disease would need a much larger population size toensure that it was representative of the general population with thedisease in question. If multiple risk factors are found to be present ina statistically significant portion of the population, then those riskfactors could be studied as a group rather than individually. This wouldaid in the understanding of complex diseases that have multiple geneticvariants that influence their severity and treatment, such as thedystrophy gene. In some embodiments, if an identified risk factor issuspected to be of significance by either manual research or the stepsdescribed above but falls short of statistical significance for thepopulation, that risk factor can be revisited at a later date to ensurethat the further analysis would be meaningful.

The term “tensor-based graph processing machine learning model” mayrefer to a data entity that describes parameters, hyper-parameters,and/or defined operations of a machine learning model, where the machinelearning model is configured to process one or more tensor-based graphfeature embeddings for a prediction input data object in order togenerate an inferred hybrid risk score for the prediction input dataobject. A trained tensor-based graph processing machine learning modelmay be configured to receive, as at least a part of its inputs, one ormore tensor-based graph feature embeddings for a prediction input dataobject, where a tensor-based graph feature embedding may be a vector ofone or more values that are determined based at least in part on atensor-based graph representation of a risk tensor of one or more risktensors for the prediction input data object. In some embodiments, thetrained tensor-based graph processing machine learning model mayinclude: a plurality of graph-based machine learning models (e.g.,including one or more graph convolutional neural network machinelearning models), where each graph-based machine learning model isconfigured to process a tensor-based graph feature embedding for aparticular input category to generate a per-model machine learningoutput, and an ensemble machine learning model that is configured toaggregate/combine per-model machine learning outputs across variousgraph-based machine learning models to generate the inferred hybrid riskscore for the prediction input data object. For example, a trainedtensor-based graph processing machine learning model may include: afirst graph-based machine learning model that is configured to process atensor-based graph feature embedding determined based at least in parton genomic data (e.g., based at least in part on a genomic risk tensor)for a prediction input data object in order to generate a firstper-model machine learning output, a second graph-based machine learningmodel that is configured to process a tensor-based graph featureembedding determined based at least in part on clinical data (e.g.,based at least in part on a clinical risk tensor) for a prediction inputdata object in order to generate a second per-model machine learningoutput, a third graph-based machine learning model that is configured toprocess a tensor-based graph feature embedding determined based at leastin part on behavioral data (e.g., based at least in part on a behavioralrisk tensor) for a prediction input data object in order to generate athird per-model machine learning output, and an ensemble machinelearning model that is configured to aggregate/combine the firstper-model machine learning output, the second per-model machine learningoutput, and the third per-model machine learning output in order togenerate the inferred hybrid risk score for the prediction input dataobject. In some embodiments, the trained tensor-based graph processingmachine learning model is trained (e.g., via one or more end-to-endtraining operations) using ground-truth hybrid risk scores for a set ofground-truth tensor-based graph feature embeddings for each trainingprediction input data object of a set of training prediction input dataobjects.

The term “risk tensor” may refer to a data entity that describes atensor data object that includes a set of subject-matter-defined dataitems associated with a prediction input data object. In someembodiments, a risk tensor describes a heterogeneous group of data thatare related by the underlying risk tensor and relate to an inputcategory that corresponds to the risk tensor. Examples of risk tensorsinclude a genomic risk tensor that includes genomic data associated witha prediction input data object, a behavioral risk tensor that includesbehavioral data associated with a prediction input data object, aclinical risk tensor that includes clinical data associated with aprediction input data object, a demographic risk tensor that includesdemographic data associated with a prediction input data object, ahealth history risk tensor that includes health history data associatedwith a prediction input data object, and/or the like.

The term “tensor-based graph feature embedding” may refer to a dataentity that describes a fixed-size representation of a tensor-basedgraph representation, which is a graph-based representation of a risktensor. In some embodiments, to generate a graph-based representation ofa risk tensor, the predictive data analysis computing entity 106 mayembed/convert/transform data items in the given risk tensor into a graph(e.g., a multiplex graph) representation (e.g., by converting the risktensor into a graph embedding, for example by using a Node2Vec featureembedding routine). For example, given a genomic risk tensor, ifsuitable genomic networks for any diseases under consideration areavailable from the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG)resource (e.g. for non-small cell lung cancer, the genomic pathway,available online athttps://www.genome.jp/kegg-bin/show_pathway?hsa05223), then the pathwaymay be converted to a graph representation in order to generate atensor-based graph feature embedding for the genomic risk tensor. Insome embodiments, when a tensor-based graph feature embedding is used togenerate a trained tensor-based graph processing machine learning model(e.g., by using ground-truth tensor-based graph feature embeddings asinputs during the training of a tensor-based graph processing machinelearning model), the tensor-based graph feature embedding is referred toas a ground-truth tensor-based graph feature embedding. In someembodiments, when a tensor-based graph feature embedding is used togenerate inferred hybrid risk scores that are in turn used to generate ahybrid risk score generation machine learning model, the tensor-basedgraph feature embedding is referred to as a prior tensor-based graphfeature embedding.

The term “hybrid risk score generation machine learning model” may referto a data entity that describes parameters, hyper-parameters, and/ordefined operations of a machine learning model, where the machinelearning model is configured to relate one or more tensor-based graphfeature embeddings for a prediction input data object to a hybrid riskscore for the prediction input data object. For example, the hybrid riskscore generation machine learning model may be determined by performingone or more genetic programming operations (e.g., including one or moresymbolic regression operations) based at least in part on sets of priortensor-based graph feature embeddings for a set of prior predictioninput data objects and a set of corresponding inferred hybrid riskscores for the set of prior prediction input data objects, where aninferred hybrid risk score for a prior prediction input data object maybe determined by processing the set of prior tensor-based graph featureembeddings for the prior prediction input data object using a trainedtensor-based graph processing machine learning model, and where the setof prior tensor-based graph feature embeddings for a prior predictioninput data object may be supplied as input variables and/or as regressorvariables for the one or more genetic programming operations performedto generate the hybrid risk score generation machine learning model. Thehybrid risk score generation machine learning model may be configured toprocess, as inputs, a set of tensor-based graph feature embeddings andgenerate, as an output, a hybrid risk score, where each tensor-basedgraph feature embedding may be a vector, and where each hybrid riskscore may be an atomic value or a vector.

The term “inferred hybrid risk score” may refer to a data entity thatdescribes a risk score that is generated by a trained tensor-based graphprocessing machine learning model by processing a set of tensor-basedgraph feature embeddings for a corresponding prediction input dataobject. For example, the inferred hybrid risk score for a particularprediction input data object may be generated by processing (using atrained tensor-based graph processing machine learning model) thegenomic tensor-based graph feature embedding for the particularprediction input data object as determined based at least in part on thegenomic risk tensor for the particular prediction input data object, theclinical tensor-based graph feature embedding for the particularprediction input data object as determined based at least in part on theclinical risk tensor for the particular prediction input data object,and the behavioral tensor-based graph feature embedding for theparticular prediction input data object based at least in part on thebehavioral risk tensor for the particular prediction input data object.The inferred hybrid risk score may be a vector.

III. Computer Program Products, Methods, and Computing Entities

Embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in various ways,including as computer program products that comprise articles ofmanufacture. Such computer program products may include one or moresoftware components including, for example, software objects, methods,data structures, or the like. A software component may be coded in anyof a variety of programming languages. An illustrative programminglanguage may be a lower-level programming language such as an assemblylanguage associated with a particular hardware architecture and/oroperating system platform. A software component comprising assemblylanguage instructions may require conversion into executable machinecode by an assembler prior to execution by the hardware architectureand/or platform. Another example programming language may be ahigher-level programming language that may be portable across multiplearchitectures. A software component comprising higher-level programminglanguage instructions may require conversion to an intermediaterepresentation by an interpreter or a compiler prior to execution.

Other examples of programming languages include, but are not limited to,a macro language, a shell or command language, a job control language, ascript language, a database query or search language, and/or a reportwriting language. In one or more example embodiments, a softwarecomponent comprising instructions in one of the foregoing examples ofprogramming languages may be executed directly by an operating system orother software component without having to be first transformed intoanother form. A software component may be stored as a file or other datastorage construct. Software components of a similar type or functionallyrelated may be stored together such as, for example, in a particulardirectory, folder, or library. Software components may be static (e.g.,pre-established or fixed) or dynamic (e.g., created or modified at thetime of execution).

A computer program product may include a non-transitorycomputer-readable storage medium storing applications, programs, programmodules, scripts, source code, program code, object code, byte code,compiled code, interpreted code, machine code, executable instructions,and/or the like (also referred to herein as executable instructions,instructions for execution, computer program products, program code,and/or similar terms used herein interchangeably). Such non-transitorycomputer-readable storage media include all computer-readable media(including volatile and non-volatile media).

In one embodiment, a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium mayinclude a floppy disk, flexible disk, hard disk, solid-state storage(SSS) (e.g., a solid state drive (SSD), solid state card (SSC), solidstate module (SSM), enterprise flash drive, magnetic tape, or any othernon-transitory magnetic medium, and/or the like. A non-volatilecomputer-readable storage medium may also include a punch card, papertape, optical mark sheet (or any other physical medium with patterns ofholes or other optically recognizable indicia), compact disc read onlymemory (CD-ROM), compact disc-rewritable (CD-RW), digital versatile disc(DVD), Blu-ray disc (BD), any other non-transitory optical medium,and/or the like. Such a non-volatile computer-readable storage mediummay also include read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory(PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electricallyerasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), flash memory (e.g.,Serial, NAND, NOR, and/or the like), multimedia memory cards (MMC),secure digital (SD) memory cards, SmartMedia cards, CompactFlash (CF)cards, Memory Sticks, and/or the like. Further, a non-volatilecomputer-readable storage medium may also include conductive-bridgingrandom access memory (CBRAM), phase-change random access memory (PRAM),ferroelectric random-access memory (FeRAM), non-volatile random-accessmemory (NVRAM), magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM), resistiverandom-access memory (RRAM), Silicon-Oxide-Nitride-Oxide-Silicon memory(SONOS), floating junction gate random access memory (FJG RAM),Millipede memory, racetrack memory, and/or the like.

In one embodiment, a volatile computer-readable storage medium mayinclude random access memory (RAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM),static random access memory (SRAM), fast page mode dynamic random accessmemory (FPM DRAM), extended data-out dynamic random access memory (EDODRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), double datarate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), double datarate type two synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR2 SDRAM),double data rate type three synchronous dynamic random access memory(DDR3 SDRAM), Rambus dynamic random access memory (RDRAM), TwinTransistor RAM (TTRAM), Thyristor RAM (T-RAM), Zero-capacitor (Z-RAM),Rambus in-line memory module (RIMM), dual in-line memory module (DIMM),single in-line memory module (SIMM), video random access memory (VRAM),cache memory (including various levels), flash memory, register memory,and/or the like. It will be appreciated that where embodiments aredescribed to use a computer-readable storage medium, other types ofcomputer-readable storage media may be substituted for or used inaddition to the computer-readable storage media described above.

As should be appreciated, various embodiments of the present inventionmay also be implemented as methods, apparatus, systems, computingdevices, computing entities, and/or the like. As such, embodiments ofthe present invention may take the form of an apparatus, system,computing device, computing entity, and/or the like executinginstructions stored on a computer-readable storage medium to performcertain steps or operations. Thus, embodiments of the present inventionmay also take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirelycomputer program product embodiment, and/or an embodiment that comprisescombination of computer program products and hardware performing certainsteps or operations.

Embodiments of the present invention are described below with referenceto block diagrams and flowchart illustrations. Thus, it should beunderstood that each block of the block diagrams and flowchartillustrations may be implemented in the form of a computer programproduct, an entirely hardware embodiment, a combination of hardware andcomputer program products, and/or apparatus, systems, computing devices,computing entities, and/or the like carrying out instructions,operations, steps, and similar words used interchangeably (e.g., theexecutable instructions, instructions for execution, program code,and/or the like) on a computer-readable storage medium for execution.For example, retrieval, loading, and execution of code may be performedsequentially such that one instruction is retrieved, loaded, andexecuted at a time. In some exemplary embodiments, retrieval, loading,and/or execution may be performed in parallel such that multipleinstructions are retrieved, loaded, and/or executed together. Thus, suchembodiments can produce specifically-configured machines performing thesteps or operations specified in the block diagrams and flowchartillustrations. Accordingly, the block diagrams and flowchartillustrations support various combinations of embodiments for performingthe specified instructions, operations, or steps.

IV. Exemplary System Architecture

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an example architecture 100 forperforming predictive data analysis. The architecture 100 includes apredictive data analysis system 101 configured to receive predictivedata analysis requests from client computing entities 102, process thepredictive data analysis requests to generate predictions, provide thegenerated predictions to the client computing entities 102, andautomatically perform prediction-based actions based at least in part onthe generated predictions. An example of a prediction-based action thatcan be performed using the predictive data analysis system 101 is arequest for generating a disease risk score based at least in part on atleast one of patient genomic data, patient behavioral data, patientclinical data, and/or the like.

In some embodiments, predictive data analysis system 101 may communicatewith at least one of the client computing entities 102 using one or morecommunication networks. Examples of communication networks include anywired or wireless communication network including, for example, a wiredor wireless local area network (LAN), personal area network (PAN),metropolitan area network (MAN), wide area network (WAN), or the like,as well as any hardware, software and/or firmware required to implementit (such as, e.g., network routers, and/or the like).

The predictive data analysis system 101 may include a predictive dataanalysis computing entity 106 and a storage subsystem 108. Thepredictive data analysis computing entity 106 may be configured toreceive predictive data analysis requests from one or more clientcomputing entities 102, process the predictive data analysis requests togenerate predictions corresponding to the predictive data analysisrequests, provide the generated predictions to the client computingentities 102, and automatically perform prediction-based actions basedat least in part on the generated predictions.

The storage subsystem 108 may be configured to store input data used bythe predictive data analysis computing entity 106 to perform predictivedata analysis as well as model definition data used by the predictivedata analysis computing entity 106 to perform various predictive dataanalysis tasks. The storage subsystem 108 may include one or morestorage units, such as multiple distributed storage units that areconnected through a computer network. Each storage unit in the storagesubsystem 108 may store at least one of one or more data assets and/orone or more data about the computed properties of one or more dataassets. Moreover, each storage unit in the storage subsystem 108 mayinclude one or more non-volatile storage or memory media including, butnot limited to, hard disks, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash memory,MMCs, SD memory cards, Memory Sticks, CBRAM, PRAM, FeRAM, NVRAM, MRAM,RRAM, SONOS, FJG RAM, Millipede memory, racetrack memory, and/or thelike.

A. Exemplary Predictive Data Analysis Computing Entity

FIG. 2 provides a schematic of a predictive data analysis computingentity 106 according to one embodiment of the present invention. Ingeneral, the terms computing entity, computer, entity, device, system,and/or similar words used herein interchangeably may refer to, forexample, one or more computers, computing entities, desktops, mobilephones, tablets, phablets, notebooks, laptops, distributed systems,kiosks, input terminals, servers or server networks, blades, gateways,switches, processing devices, processing entities, set-top boxes,relays, routers, network access points, base stations, the like, and/orany combination of devices or entities adapted to perform the functions,operations, and/or processes described herein. Such functions,operations, and/or processes may include, for example, transmitting,receiving, operating on, processing, displaying, storing, determining,creating/generating, monitoring, evaluating, comparing, and/or similarterms used herein interchangeably. In one embodiment, these functions,operations, and/or processes can be performed on data, content,information, and/or similar terms used herein interchangeably.

As indicated, in one embodiment, the predictive data analysis computingentity 106 may also include one or more communications interfaces 220for communicating with various computing entities, such as bycommunicating data, content, information, and/or similar terms usedherein interchangeably that can be transmitted, received, operated on,processed, displayed, stored, and/or the like.

As shown in FIG. 2 , in one embodiment, the predictive data analysiscomputing entity 106 may include, or be in communication with, one ormore processing elements 205 (also referred to as processors, processingcircuitry, and/or similar terms used herein interchangeably) thatcommunicate with other elements within the predictive data analysiscomputing entity 106 via a bus, for example. As will be understood, theprocessing element 205 may be embodied in a number of different ways.

For example, the processing element 205 may be embodied as one or morecomplex programmable logic devices (CPLDs), microprocessors, multi-coreprocessors, coprocessing entities, application-specific instruction-setprocessors (ASIPs), microcontrollers, and/or controllers. Further, theprocessing element 205 may be embodied as one or more other processingdevices or circuitry. The term circuitry may refer to an entirelyhardware embodiment or a combination of hardware and computer programproducts. Thus, the processing element 205 may be embodied as integratedcircuits, application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), fieldprogrammable gate arrays (FPGAs), programmable logic arrays (PLAs),hardware accelerators, other circuitry, and/or the like.

As will therefore be understood, the processing element 205 may beconfigured for a particular use or configured to execute instructionsstored in volatile or non-volatile media or otherwise accessible to theprocessing element 205. As such, whether configured by hardware orcomputer program products, or by a combination thereof, the processingelement 205 may be capable of performing steps or operations accordingto embodiments of the present invention when configured accordingly.

In one embodiment, the predictive data analysis computing entity 106 mayfurther include, or be in communication with, non-volatile media (alsoreferred to as non-volatile storage, memory, memory storage, memorycircuitry and/or similar terms used herein interchangeably). In oneembodiment, the non-volatile storage or memory may include one or morenon-volatile storage or memory media 210, including, but not limited to,hard disks, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash memory, MMCs, SD memorycards, Memory Sticks, CBRAM, PRAM, FeRAM, NVRAM, MRAM, RRAM, SONOS, FJGRAM, Millipede memory, racetrack memory, and/or the like.

As will be recognized, the non-volatile storage or memory media maystore databases, database instances, database management systems, data,applications, programs, program modules, scripts, source code, objectcode, byte code, compiled code, interpreted code, machine code,executable instructions, and/or the like. The term database, databaseinstance, database management system, and/or similar terms used hereininterchangeably may refer to a collection of records or data that isstored in a computer-readable storage medium using one or more databasemodels, such as a hierarchical database model, network model, relationalmodel, entity—relationship model, object model, document model, semanticmodel, graph model, and/or the like.

In one embodiment, the predictive data analysis computing entity 106 mayfurther include, or be in communication with, volatile media (alsoreferred to as volatile storage, memory, memory storage, memorycircuitry and/or similar terms used herein interchangeably). In oneembodiment, the volatile storage or memory may also include one or morevolatile storage or memory media 215, including, but not limited to,RAM, DRAM, SRAM, FPM DRAM, EDO DRAM, SDRAM, DDR SDRAM, DDR2 SDRAM, DDR3SDRAM, RDRAM, TTRAM, T-RAM, Z-RAM, RIMM, DIMM, SIMM, VRAM, cache memory,register memory, and/or the like.

As will be recognized, the volatile storage or memory media may be usedto store at least portions of the databases, database instances,database management systems, data, applications, programs, programmodules, scripts, source code, object code, byte code, compiled code,interpreted code, machine code, executable instructions, and/or the likebeing executed by, for example, the processing element 205. Thus, thedatabases, database instances, database management systems, data,applications, programs, program modules, scripts, source code, objectcode, byte code, compiled code, interpreted code, machine code,executable instructions, and/or the like may be used to control certainaspects of the operation of the predictive data analysis computingentity 106 with the assistance of the processing element 205 andoperating system.

As indicated, in one embodiment, the predictive data analysis computingentity 106 may also include one or more communications interfaces 220for communicating with various computing entities, such as bycommunicating data, content, information, and/or similar terms usedherein interchangeably that can be transmitted, received, operated on,processed, displayed, stored, and/or the like. Such communication may beexecuted using a wired data transmission protocol, such as fiberdistributed data interface (FDDI), digital subscriber line (DSL),Ethernet, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), frame relay, data over cableservice interface specification (DOCSIS), or any other wiredtransmission protocol. Similarly, the predictive data analysis computingentity 106 may be configured to communicate via wireless externalcommunication networks using any of a variety of protocols, such asgeneral packet radio service (GPRS), Universal Mobile TelecommunicationsSystem (UMTS), Code Division Multiple Access 2000 (CDMA2000), CDMA20001× (1×RTT), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), GlobalSystem for Mobile Communications (GSM), Enhanced Data rates for GSMEvolution (EDGE), Time Division-Synchronous Code Division MultipleAccess (TD-SCDMA), Long Term Evolution (LTE), Evolved UniversalTerrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN), Evolution-Data Optimized(EVDO), High Speed Packet Access (HSPA), High-Speed Downlink PacketAccess (HSDPA), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), Wi-Fi Direct, 802.16 (WiMAX),ultra-wideband (UWB), infrared (IR) protocols, near field communication(NFC) protocols, Wibree, Bluetooth protocols, wireless universal serialbus (USB) protocols, and/or any other wireless protocol.

Although not shown, the predictive data analysis computing entity 106may include, or be in communication with, one or more input elements,such as a keyboard input, a mouse input, a touch screen/display input,motion input, movement input, audio input, pointing device input,joystick input, keypad input, and/or the like. The predictive dataanalysis computing entity 106 may also include, or be in communicationwith, one or more output elements (not shown), such as audio output,video output, screen/display output, motion output, movement output,and/or the like.

B. Exemplary Client Computing Entity

FIG. 3 provides an illustrative schematic representative of an clientcomputing entity 102 that can be used in conjunction with embodiments ofthe present invention. In general, the terms device, system, computingentity, entity, and/or similar words used herein interchangeably mayrefer to, for example, one or more computers, computing entities,desktops, mobile phones, tablets, phablets, notebooks, laptops,distributed systems, kiosks, input terminals, servers or servernetworks, blades, gateways, switches, processing devices, processingentities, set-top boxes, relays, routers, network access points, basestations, the like, and/or any combination of devices or entitiesadapted to perform the functions, operations, and/or processes describedherein. Client computing entities 102 can be operated by variousparties. As shown in FIG. 3 , the client computing entity 102 caninclude an antenna 312, a transmitter 304 (e.g., radio), a receiver 306(e.g., radio), and a processing element 308 (e.g., CPLDs,microprocessors, multi-core processors, coprocessing entities, ASIPs,microcontrollers, and/or controllers) that provides signals to andreceives signals from the transmitter 304 and receiver 306,correspondingly.

The signals provided to and received from the transmitter 304 and thereceiver 306, correspondingly, may include signaling information/data inaccordance with air interface standards of applicable wireless systems.In this regard, the client computing entity 102 may be capable ofoperating with one or more air interface standards, communicationprotocols, modulation types, and access types. More particularly, theclient computing entity 102 may operate in accordance with any of anumber of wireless communication standards and protocols, such as thosedescribed above with regard to the predictive data analysis computingentity 106. In a particular embodiment, the client computing entity 102may operate in accordance with multiple wireless communication standardsand protocols, such as UMTS, CDMA2000, 1×RTT, WCDMA, GSM, EDGE,TD-SCDMA, LTE, E-UTRAN, EVDO, HSPA, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, WiMAX,UWB, IR, NFC, Bluetooth, USB, and/or the like. Similarly, the clientcomputing entity 102 may operate in accordance with multiple wiredcommunication standards and protocols, such as those described abovewith regard to the predictive data analysis computing entity 106 via anetwork interface 320.

Via these communication standards and protocols, the client computingentity 102 can communicate with various other entities using conceptssuch as Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD), Short MessageService (SMS), Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), Dual-ToneMulti-Frequency Signaling (DTMF), and/or Subscriber Identity ModuleDialer (SIM dialer). The client computing entity 102 can also downloadchanges, add-ons, and updates, for instance, to its firmware, software(e.g., including executable instructions, applications, programmodules), and operating system.

According to one embodiment, the client computing entity 102 may includelocation determining aspects, devices, modules, functionalities, and/orsimilar words used herein interchangeably. For example, the clientcomputing entity 102 may include outdoor positioning aspects, such as alocation module adapted to acquire, for example, latitude, longitude,altitude, geocode, course, direction, heading, speed, universal time(UTC), date, and/or various other information/data. In one embodiment,the location module can acquire data, sometimes known as ephemeris data,by identifying the number of satellites in view and the relativepositions of those satellites (e.g., using global positioning systems(GPS)). The satellites may be a variety of different satellites,including Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite systems, Department of Defense(DOD) satellite systems, the European Union Galileo positioning systems,the Chinese Compass navigation systems, Indian Regional Navigationalsatellite systems, and/or the like. This data can be collected using avariety of coordinate systems, such as the Decimal Degrees (DD);Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS); Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM);Universal Polar Stereographic (UPS) coordinate systems; and/or the like.Alternatively, the location information/data can be determined bytriangulating the client computing entity's 102 position in connectionwith a variety of other systems, including cellular towers, Wi-Fi accesspoints, and/or the like. Similarly, the client computing entity 102 mayinclude indoor positioning aspects, such as a location module adapted toacquire, for example, latitude, longitude, altitude, geocode, course,direction, heading, speed, time, date, and/or various otherinformation/data. Some of the indoor systems may use various position orlocation technologies including RFID tags, indoor beacons ortransmitters, Wi-Fi access points, cellular towers, nearby computingdevices (e.g., smartphones, laptops) and/or the like. For instance, suchtechnologies may include the iBeacons, Gimbal proximity beacons,Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) transmitters, NFC transmitters, and/or thelike. These indoor positioning aspects can be used in a variety ofsettings to determine the location of someone or something to withininches or centimeters.

The client computing entity 102 may also comprise a user interface (thatcan include a display 316 coupled to a processing element 308) and/or auser input interface (coupled to a processing element 308). For example,the user interface may be a user application, browser, user interface,and/or similar words used herein interchangeably executing on and/oraccessible via the client computing entity 102 to interact with and/orcause display of information/data from the predictive data analysiscomputing entity 106, as described herein. The user input interface cancomprise any of a number of devices or interfaces allowing the clientcomputing entity 102 to receive data, such as a keypad 318 (hard orsoft), a touch display, voice/speech or motion interfaces, or otherinput device. In embodiments including a keypad 318, the keypad 318 caninclude (or cause display of) the conventional numeric (0-9) and relatedkeys (#, *), and other keys used for operating the client computingentity 102 and may include a full set of alphabetic keys or set of keysthat may be activated to provide a full set of alphanumeric keys. Inaddition to providing input, the user input interface can be used, forexample, to activate or deactivate certain functions, such as screensavers and/or sleep modes.

The client computing entity 102 can also include volatile storage ormemory 322 and/or non-volatile storage or memory 324, which can beembedded and/or may be removable. For example, the non-volatile memorymay be ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash memory, MMCs, SD memory cards,Memory Sticks, CBRAM, PRAM, FeRAM, NVRAM, MRAM, RRAM, SONOS, FJG RAM,Millipede memory, racetrack memory, and/or the like. The volatile memorymay be RAM, DRAM, SRAM, FPM DRAM, EDO DRAM, SDRAM, DDR SDRAM, DDR2SDRAM, DDR3 SDRAM, RDRAM, TTRAM, T-RAM, Z-RAM, RIMM, DIMM, SIMM, VRAM,cache memory, register memory, and/or the like. The volatile andnon-volatile storage or memory can store databases, database instances,database management systems, data, applications, programs, programmodules, scripts, source code, object code, byte code, compiled code,interpreted code, machine code, executable instructions, and/or the liketo implement the functions of the client computing entity 102. Asindicated, this may include a user application that is resident on theentity or accessible through a browser or other user interface forcommunicating with the predictive data analysis computing entity 106and/or various other computing entities.

In another embodiment, the client computing entity 102 may include oneor more components or functionality that are the same or similar tothose of the predictive data analysis computing entity 106, as describedin greater detail above. As will be recognized, these architectures anddescriptions are provided for exemplary purposes only and are notlimiting to the various embodiments.

In various embodiments, the client computing entity 102 may be embodiedas an artificial intelligence (AI) computing entity, such as an AmazonEcho, Amazon Echo Dot, Amazon Show, Google Home, and/or the like.Accordingly, the client computing entity 102 may be configured toprovide and/or receive information/data from a user via an input/outputmechanism, such as a display, a camera, a speaker, a voice-activatedinput, and/or the like. In certain embodiments, an AI computing entitymay comprise one or more predefined and executable program algorithmsstored within an onboard memory storage module, and/or accessible over anetwork. In various embodiments, the AI computing entity may beconfigured to retrieve and/or execute one or more of the predefinedprogram algorithms upon the occurrence of a predefined trigger event.

V. Exemplary System Operations

As discussed in greater detail below, various embodiments of the presentinvention introduce techniques that improve the training speed of agraph processing machine learning framework given a constant/targetpredictive accuracy by using a model deficiency data object that isgenerated for the graph processing machine learning framework usingholistic graph links inferred by a graph representation machine learningmodel. The combination of the noted components enables the proposedgraph processing machine learning framework to generate more accurategraph-based predictions, which in turn increases the training speed ofthe proposed graph processing machine learning framework given aconstant predictive accuracy. It is well-understood in the relevant artthat there is typically a tradeoff between predictive accuracy andtraining speed, such that it is trivial to improve training speed byreducing predictive accuracy, and thus the real challenge is to improvetraining speed without sacrificing predictive accuracy throughinnovative model architectures. See, e.g., Sun et al.,Feature-Frequency—Adaptive On-line Training for Fast and AccurateNatural Language Processing in 40(3) Computational Linguistic 563 atAbst. (“Typically, we need to make a tradeoff between speed andaccuracy. It is trivial to improve the training speed via sacrificingaccuracy or to improve the accuracy via sacrificing speed. Nevertheless,it is nontrivial to improve the training speed and the accuracy at thesame time”). Accordingly, techniques that improve predictive accuracywithout harming training speed, such as various techniques describedherein, enable improving training speed given a constant predictiveaccuracy. Therefore, by improving accuracy of performing graph-basedmachine learning predictions, various embodiments of the presentinvention improve the training speed of graph processing machinelearning frameworks given a constant/target predictive accuracy.

Provided below are exemplary techniques for generating a modeldeficiency data object and techniques for generating a hybrid riskscore. However, while the techniques for generating the model deficiencydata object and the techniques for generating a hybrid risk score aredescribed herein as being performed by a single computing entity, aperson of ordinary skill in the relevant technology will recognize thateach of the noted techniques may be performed by one or more computingentities that may or may not include one or more computing entities usedto perform the other set of techniques.

A. Generating Model Deficiency Data Objects

FIG. 4 is a flowchart diagram of an example process 400 for generating amodel deficiency data object for a tensor-based graph processing machinelearning model that is associated with a risk category. Via the varioussteps/operations of the process 400, the predictive data analysiscomputing entity 106 can compare graph links described by tensor-basedgraph representations that are used to generate input data for atensor-based graph processing machine learning model with holistic graphrepresentations generated using a graph representation machine learningmodel to identify deficiency graphs that describe significant predictiverelationships inferred across prediction input data that are notcaptured by the risk tensors used to generate the input data for thetensor-based graph processing machine learning model.

The process 400 begins at step/operation 401 when the predictive dataanalysis computing entity 106 generates a group of holistic graph linksassociated with a positive input set for the risk category. In someembodiments, to generate the group of holistic graph links, thepredictive data analysis computing entity 106: (i) identifies a positiveinput set comprising a plurality of prediction input data objects thatare assigned an affirmative label defined by the risk category, and (ii)for each prediction input data object in the positive input set,identifies a prediction input feature set describing a group of inputfeatures for the prediction input data object.

In some embodiments, a prediction input data object describes areal-world entity and/or a virtual entity with respect to which one ormore predictive data analysis operations are performed in order togenerate one or more predictive outputs (e.g., a hybrid risk score) forthe prediction input data object. An example of a prediction input dataobject is a patient data object that describes one or more featuresassociated with a particular patient/individual. In some embodiments,features associated with a patient data object include at least one ofgenomic data associated with the patient data object, behavioral dataassociated with the patient data object, clinical data associated withthe patient data object, demographic data associated with the patientdata object, health history data associated with the patient dataobject, and/or the like. In some embodiments, feature data described bya prediction input data object are referred to herein as the predictioninput feature set for the prediction input data object. In someembodiments, each feature described by a prediction input feature setfor a prediction input data object belong to an input category thatdescribes a category of heterogenous feature data described byprediction input data objects.

In some embodiments, a risk category describes a label space comprisinga set of candidate labels, where the predictive outputs associated witha prediction input data object may be used to assign one candidate labelin the label space to the prediction input data object. For example, aparticular risk category may be associated with a particulardisease/condition and describe a label space comprising a firstcandidate label that is assigned to a prediction input data object ifthe prediction input data object is predicted, based at least in part onthe predictive outputs (e.g., the hybrid risk score) for the predictioninput data object, to be at a high risk of the particulardisease/condition and a second candidate label that is assigned to aprediction input data object if the prediction input data object ispredicted, based at least in part on the predictive outputs (e.g., thehybrid risk score) for the prediction input data object, to be at a lowrisk of the particular disease/condition. As another example, aparticular risk category may be associated with a particulardisease/condition and describe a label space comprising a firstcandidate label that is assigned to a prediction input data object ifthe prediction input data object is predicted, based at least in part onthe predictive outputs (e.g., the hybrid risk score) for the predictioninput data object, to be at a high risk of the particulardisease/condition, a second candidate label that is assigned to aprediction input data object if the prediction input data object ispredicted, based at least in part on the predictive outputs (e.g., thehybrid risk score) for the prediction input data object, to be at a lowrisk of the particular disease/condition, and a third candidate labelthat is assigned to a prediction input data object if the predictioninput data object is predicted, based at least in part on the predictiveoutputs (e.g., the hybrid risk score) for the prediction input dataobject, to be at a medium risk of the particular disease/condition.

In some embodiments, step/operation 401 may be performed in accordancewith the process that is depicted in FIG. 5 , which is an exampleprocess for generating a group of holistic graph links for a riskcategory. The process that is depicted in FIG. 5 begins atstep/operation 501 when the predictive data analysis computing entity106 identifies a positive input set for the risk category. A positiveinput set may comprise a set of prediction input data objects (e.g., aset of patient input data objects) that are associated with anaffirmative label defined by a corresponding risk category. For example,the positive input set for a risk category that is associated with aparticular disease/condition may include a set of patient data objectsassociated with a set of patients/individuals that suffer from theparticular disease/condition. As another example, the positive input setfor a risk category that is associated with a particulardisease/condition may include a set of patient data objects associatedwith a set of patients/individuals that are predicted to be associatedwith a high risk of developing the particular disease/condition. Asdescribed above, in some embodiments, a risk category is associated witha label space defining a set of candidate labels. In some of the notedembodiments, for a given risk category, one of the candidate labelsdefined by the label space for the given risk category is designated asan affirmative label, and then a set of prediction input data objectswhose ground-truth labels correspond to the affirmative label aredesignated as the prediction input data objects in the positive inputsets for the given risk category. For example, when a risk category isassociated with a label space for a particular disease/condition thatcomprises a high-risk label and a low-risk label, the high-risk labelmay be designated as an affirmative label, and thus those predictioninput data objects whose ground-truth labels correspond to the high-risklabel may be designated as the positive input set for the noted riskcategory.

At step/operation 502, the predictive data analysis computing entity 106identifies, for each prediction input data object in the positive inputset, a prediction input feature set. As described above, the predictioninput feature set for a prediction input data object may describe one ormore features associated with the prediction input data object. Forexample, the prediction input feature set for a patient data object maydescribe at least one of genomic features associated with the patientdata object, behavioral features associated with the patient dataobject, clinical features associated with the patient data object,demographic features associated with the patient data object, healthhistory features associated with the patient data object, and/or thelike.

At step/operation 503, the predictive data analysis computing entity 106generates, using a graph representation machine learning model and basedat least in part on each prediction input feature set, the group ofholistic graph links associated with the risk category. In someembodiments, generating the graph representation machine learning modelis configured to extract feature nodes from the prediction input featuresets associated with the positive input set for the risk category,generate co-occurrence edge weights for co-occurrence edges between thefeature nodes based at least in part on a frequency of co-occurrence ofthe corresponding feature in the prediction input feature sets, filterthe co-occurrence edges based at least in part on the generatedco-occurrence edge weights, and generate the group of holistic linksbased at least in part on the filtered co-occurrence edges.

In some embodiments, a holistic graph link describes a relationshipbetween two or more features described by the prediction input featuresets for the prediction input data objects in the positive input set fora risk category, where the relationship is generated based at least inpart on filtering pairwise relationships between features described bythe prediction input feature sets in accordance with predicted relevancemeasures for the noted pairwise relationships. For example,co-occurrence edge weights generated by a graph representation machinelearning model based at least in part on prediction input feature setsfor the high-risk population associated with a particulardisease/condition may describe that: (i) there is a sufficiently strongcorrelation between detection of a particular genetic variant in thegenomic sequences of the high-risk population and detection of highsmoking behavior in the high-risk population, (ii) there is asufficiently strong correlation between detection of high amounts ofusage of a particular inhaler in the high-risk population and detectionof the particular genetic variant in the genomic sequences of thehigh-risk population, and (iii) there is a sufficiently strongcorrelation between detection of high amounts of usage of the particularinhaler in the high-risk population and detection of high smokingbehavior in the high-risk population. In some embodiments, given thenoted predictive inferences, a holistic graph link may be generated forthe feature set comprising a first feature corresponding to detection ofthe particular genetic variant, a second feature corresponding to thedetection of high smoking behavior, and a third feature corresponding todetection of high amounts of usage of the particular inhaler.

In some embodiments, a holistic graph link associated with H featuresdescribes that each feature pair associated with the H features isassociated with a co-occurrence edge weight that satisfies (e.g.,exceeds) co-occurrence edge weight threshold. For example, consider anexemplary embodiment in which H=2 and the two features comprise a firstfeature and a second feature. In this example, the holistic graph linkassociated with the noted feature set describes that the co-occurrenceedge weight for a co-occurrence edge between the first feature and thesecond feature satisfies a co-occurrence edge weight threshold. Asanother example, consider an exemplary embodiment in which H=3 and thethree features comprise a first feature, a second feature, and a thirdfeature. In this example, the holistic graph link associated with thenoted feature set describes that: (i) the co-occurrence edge weight fora co-occurrence edge between the first feature and the second featuresatisfies a co-occurrence edge weight threshold, (ii) the co-occurrenceedge weight for a co-occurrence edge between the first feature and thethird feature satisfies the co-occurrence edge weight threshold, and(iii) the co-occurrence edge weight for a co-occurrence edge between thesecond feature and the third feature satisfies the co-occurrence edgeweight threshold.

Accordingly, to generate holistic graph links, it may be important tofirst generate co-occurrence edge weights for co-occurrence edgesbetween feature nodes, where each feature node is associated with acorresponding feature. In some embodiments, if the prediction inputfeature sets for a positive input set is associated with a total of Ffeatures, then each feature may be associated with a respective featurenode to generate a fully connected graph that comprises F feature nodesand

$\frac{F!}{2{\left( {F - 2} \right)!}}$

co-occurrence edges, with each co-occurrence edge being associated witha distinctive feature pair of

$\frac{F!}{2{\left( {F - 2} \right)!}}$

distinctive feature pairs. Then, for each co-occurrence edge, aco-occurrence edge weight is generated using a graph representationmachine learning model. Afterward, the fully-connected graph is refinedby excluding those co-occurrence edges whose corresponding co-occurrenceedge weights fail to satisfy (e.g., fail to exceed) a co-occurrence edgeweight threshold. This results in a filtered graph having a set offiltered co-occurrence edges who survive the exclusion (i.e., a set offiltered co-occurrence edges whose corresponding co-occurrence edgeweights satisfy the co-occurrence edge weight threshold).

In some embodiments, once the filtered graph is generated, the filteredgraph is divided into a set of maximally-sized fully-connected subgraphs(i.e., a set of subgraphs each comprising a set of features that havefiltered co-occurrence edges between each feature pair in the set, wherethe set of features is selected such that the addition of any featureinto the set causes the resulting subgraph to not be fully connectedanymore). In some of the noted embodiments, each maximally-sizedfully-connected subgraph that is associated with a respective featureset is used to generate a corresponding holistic graph link that isassociated with the noted feature set.

In some embodiments, once the filtered graph is generated, the filteredgraph is divided into a set of fully-connected subgraphs (i.e., a set ofsubgraphs each comprising a set of features that have filteredco-occurrence edges between each feature pair in the set). In some ofthe noted embodiments, each fully-connected subgraph that is associatedwith a respective feature set is used to generate a correspondingholistic graph link that is associated with the noted feature set.

For example, consider an operational example in which a positive inputset for a risk category comprises three prediction input data objects,where the prediction input feature set for the first prediction inputdata object in the prediction input set has feature values correspondingto a feature F₁ and a feature F₂, the prediction input feature set forthe second prediction input data object in the prediction input set hasfeature values corresponding to the feature F I, the feature F₂, and afeature F₃, and the prediction input feature set for the thirdprediction input data object in the prediction input set has featurevalues corresponding to the feature F₂, the feature F₃, and a featureF₄. In this example, F=4, as the set of features associated with thethree prediction input feature sets include the feature F₁, the featureF₂, the feature F₃, and the feature F₄. Given F=4, a fully-connectedgraph containing

$\frac{4!}{2{\left( {4 - 2} \right)!}} = 8$

co-occurrence edges can be generated, with each co-occurrence edgeO_(a,b) being between a feature node a for a feature F_(a) and a featurenode b for a feature F_(b). Suppose in this example the followingco-occurrence edges are associated with threshold-satisfyingco-occurrence edge weights: O_(1,2), O_(2,3), O_(2,4), and O_(3,4),while the following co-occurrence edges are associated withnon-threshold-satisfying co-occurrence edge weights O_(1,3), O_(1,4),O_(2,4), and O_(3,4). Accordingly, by excluding the co-occurrence edgesO_(1,3), O_(1,4), O_(2,4), and O_(3,4) from the fully-connected graph, afiltered graph comprising the filtered co-occurrence edges O_(1,2),O_(2,3), O_(2,4), and O_(3,4) is generated.

In the example described above, the resulting filtered graph containstwo maximally-sized fully-connected subgraphs: a first maximally-sizedfully-connected subgraph comprising F₁ and F₂ that is generated based atleast in part on the filtered co-occurrence edge O_(1,2), and a secondmaximally-sized fully-connected subgraph comprising F₂, F₃, and F₄ thatis generated based at least in part on the filtered co-occurrence edgesO_(2,3), O_(2,4), and O_(3,4). In some embodiments, two holistic graphlinks are generated, one corresponding to the first maximally-sizedfully-connected subgraph and corresponding to the feature set comprisingF₁ and F₂, and the other corresponding to the second maximally-sizedfully-connected subgraph and corresponding to the feature set comprisingF₂, F₃, and F₄.

Moreover, the resulting filtered graph from the example above containsfive fully-connected subgraphs: a first fully-connected subgraphcomprising F₁ and F₂ that is generated based at least in part on thefiltered co-occurrence edge O_(1,2), a second fully-connected subgraphcomprising F₂, F₃, and F₄ that is generated based at least in part onthe filtered co-occurrence edges O_(2,3), O_(2,4), and O_(3,4), a thirdfully-connected subgraph comprising F₂ and F₃ that is generated based atleast in part on the filtered co-occurrence edge O_(2,3), a fourthfully-connected subgraph comprising F₂ and F₄ that is generated based atleast in part on the filtered co-occurrence edge O_(2,4), and a fifthfully-connected subgraph comprising F₃ and F₄ that is generated based atleast in part on the filtered co-occurrence edge O_(3,4). In someembodiments, three holistic graph links are generated: a first holisticgraph link corresponding to the first fully-connected subgraph andcorresponding to the feature set comprising F₁ and F₂, a second holisticgraph link corresponding to the second fully-connected subgraph andcorresponding to the feature set comprising F₂, F₃, and F₄, a thirdholistic graph link corresponding to the third fully-connected subgraphand corresponding to the feature set comprising F₂ and F₃, a fourthholistic graph link corresponding to the fourth fully-connected subgraphand corresponding to the feature set comprising F₂ and F 4, and a fifthholistic graph link corresponding to the fifth fully-connected subgraphand corresponding to the feature set comprising F₃ and F₄.

In some embodiments, to generate the co-occurrence edge weight for aco-occurrence edge between a first feature node associated with a firstfeature and a second feature node associated with a second feature, agraph representation machine learning model is utilized. A graphrepresentation machine learning model may be configured to generate aco-occurrence edge weight for a co-occurrence edge between two nodefeatures. In some embodiments, given F features and P prediction inputfeature sets that are associated with the positive input set for a riskcategory, to generate the co-occurrence edge weight for a co-occurrenceedge between a first feature node associated with a first feature and asecond feature node associated with a second feature, a graphrepresentation machine learning model first generates P per-inputco-occurrence likelihood values for the feature pair comprising thefirst feature and the second feature, with each per-input co-occurrencelikelihood value being associated with a corresponding prediction inputfeature set in P prediction input feature sets that are associated withthe positive input set and describing a predicted likelihood that theprediction input feature set describes occurrence/detection of both thefirst feature and the second feature. Then, to generate theco-occurrence edge weight for the noted co-occurrence edge, the graphrepresentation machine learning model: (i) aggregates all of the Pper-input co-occurrence likelihood values for the feature paircomprising the first feature and the second feature to generate across-input co-occurrence likelihood value, and (ii) normalizes the

$\frac{F!}{2{\left( {F - 2} \right)!}}$

cross-input co-occurrence likelihood values across the

$\frac{F!}{2{\left( {F - 2} \right)!}}$

feature pairs to generate

$\frac{F!}{2{\left( {F - 2} \right)!}}$

co-occurrence edge weights for the

$\frac{F!}{2{\left( {F - 2} \right)!}}$

co-occurrence edges.

For example, consider an exemplary embodiment in which F=3 and P=2,where L_(a,b,c) is the per-input co-occurrence likelihood value for thefeature pair comprising F_(a) and F_(b) in the cth prediction inputfeature set, and LL_(a,b) is the cross-input co-occurrence likelihoodvalue for the feature pair comprising F_(a) and F_(b) that can becalculated using the equation LL_(a,b)=ΣP_(i=1) ^(P)L_(a,b,i). In thisexample,

$\frac{F!}{2{\left( {F - 2} \right)!}} = 3$

cross-input co-occurrence likelihood values may be generated andnormalized (e.g., using softmax normalization) to generate the

$\frac{F!}{2{\left( {F - 2} \right)!}} = 3$

co-occurrence edge weights for

$\frac{F!}{2{\left( {F - 2} \right)!}} = 3$

co-occurrence edges (i.e., the co-occurrence edge weight for theco-occurrence edge between the feature node for feature F₁ and thefeature node for feature F₂, the co-occurrence edge weight for theco-occurrence edge between the feature node for feature F₁ and thefeature node for feature F₃, and the co-occurrence edge weight for theco-occurrence edge between the feature node for feature F₂ and thefeature node for feature F₃).

In some embodiments, given F features and P prediction input featuresets that are associated with the positive input set for a riskcategory, to generate the co-occurrence edge weight for a co-occurrenceedge between a first feature node associated with a first feature and asecond feature node associated with a second feature, a graphrepresentation machine learning model first generates P per-inputco-occurrence likelihood values for the feature pair comprising thefirst feature and the second feature, with each per-input co-occurrencelikelihood value being associated with a corresponding prediction inputfeature set in P prediction input feature sets that are associated withthe positive input set and describing a predicted likelihood that theprediction input feature set describes occurrence/detection of both thefirst feature and the second feature. Then, to generate theco-occurrence edge weight for the noted co-occurrence edge, the graphrepresentational learning machine learning model: (i) divides the Pper-input co-occurrence likelihood values for the feature paircomprising the first feature and the second feature into a first subsetthat satisfies a per-input co-occurrence likelihood value threshold anda second subset that fails to satisfy the per-input co-occurrencelikelihood value threshold, (ii) generates an affirmative cross-inputco-occurrence likelihood value by combining the P per-inputco-occurrence likelihood values in the first subset, (iii) generates anegative cross-input co-occurrence likelihood value by combining the Pper-input co-occurrence likelihood values in the second subset, and (iv)generates the co-occurrence edge weight for the noted co-occurrence edgebased at least in part on a measure of deviation between the affirmativecross-input co-occurrence likelihood value and the negative cross-inputco-occurrence likelihood value.

For example, consider an exemplary embodiment in which F=3 and P=2,where L_(a,b,c) is the per-input co-occurrence likelihood value for thefeature pair comprising F_(a) and F_(b) in the cth prediction inputfeature set. In this example, if L_(1,2,1)=0.3, L_(1,2,2)=0.6,L_(1,3,1)=0.2, L_(1,3,2)=0.8, L_(2,3,1)=0.9, L_(2,3,2)=0.7, and if theper-input co-occurrence likelihood value is 0.5, then the co-occurrenceedge weight for the co-occurrence edge associated with F₁ and F₂ may bedetermined based at least in part on 0.6-0.3, the co-occurrence edgeweight for the co-occurrence edge associated with F₁ and F₃ may bedetermined based at least in part on 0.8-0.2, and the co-occurrence edgeweight for the co-occurrence edge associated with F₁ and F₃ may bedetermined based at least in part on 0.9+0.7−0.

In some embodiments, the graph representation machine learning modeluses at least one of the techniques described in Hamilton, GraphRepresentation Learning, in Synthesis Lectures on ArtificialIntelligence and Machine Learning, available online athttps://doi.org/10.2200/S01045ED 1 V01Y202009AIM046 (2020). In someembodiments, given F features, the graph representational machinelearning model comprises an embedding machine learning model and

$\frac{F!}{2{\left( {F - 2} \right)!}}$

co-occurrence detection machine learning models, where eachco-occurrence detection machine learning model is associated with acorresponding distinctive feature pair and generates a per-inputco-occurrence likelihood value for a given prediction input feature setand the corresponding distinctive feature pair that is associated withthe co-occurrence detection machine learning model. In some embodiments,for a given prediction input feature set of P prediction input featuresets, the embedding machine learning model (e.g., an attention-basedtext encoder machine learning model) processes the given predictioninput feature set (e.g., sequential text data associated with the givenprediction input feature set) to generate a prediction input feature setembedding, and then each of the

$\frac{F!}{2{\left( {F - 2} \right)!}}$

co-occurrence detection machine learning models process the predictioninput feature set embedding to generate the per-input co-occurrencelikelihood value for the given prediction input feature set and thecorresponding distinctive feature pair for the particular co-occurrencedetection machine learning models. For example, given F=3, then sixco-occurrence detection machine learning models may be generated, whereeach co-occurrence detection machine learning model may be associatedwith a feature pair comprising a feature F_(a) and F_(b) and may beconfigured to process the prediction input feature set embedding for aparticular prediction input feature set to generate a per-inputco-occurrence likelihood value for the feature pair and the particularprediction input feature set.

In some embodiments, for a given prediction input feature set of Pprediction input feature sets, the embedding machine learning model(e.g., an attention-based text encoder machine learning model) processesthe P prediction input feature sets to generate P prediction inputfeature set embeddings. Then, each co-occurrence detection machinelearning model that is associated with a particular distinctive featurepair processes the prediction input feature set embedding for the givenprediction input feature set as a primary input and the P−1 predictioninput feature set embeddings for those prediction input feature setsother than the given prediction input feature set as the auxiliaryinputs using a cross-input attention mechanism (e.g., a cross-inputbidirectional attention mechanism) to generate the per-inputco-occurrence likelihood value for the given prediction input featureset and the corresponding distinctive feature pair for the particularco-occurrence detection machine learning model. For example, given F=3,then six co-occurrence detection machine learning models may begenerated, where each co-occurrence detection machine learning model maybe associated with a feature pair comprising a feature F_(a) and F_(b)and may be configured to process the prediction input feature setembedding for a particular prediction input feature set as the primaryinputs and the prediction input feature set embeddings for the otherprediction input features as auxiliary inputs to generate a per-inputco-occurrence likelihood value for the feature pair and the particularprediction input feature set.

In some embodiments, inputs to the graph representation machine learningmodel comprise T vectors, where T may define the number of input tokensgenerated based at least in part on an input prediction input featureset or the number of input tokens generated based at least in part onall of the prediction input feature sets depending on the embodiments.In some embodiments, outputs of the graph representation machinelearning model comprise a vector describing

$\frac{F!}{2{\left( {F - 2} \right)!}}$

per-input co-occurrence likelihood values for an input prediction inputfeature set across

$\frac{F!}{2{\left( {F - 2} \right)!}}$

distinctive feature pairs for F features in a relevant feature space. Insome embodiments, the graph representation machine learning model isdefined using training data describing ground-truth observations aboutco-occurrence of features in particular real-world entities and/orparticular virtual-world entities (e.g., ground-truth observations aboutco-occurrence of features across input categories in a particularpatient data object).

In some embodiments, an input category describes a defined attribute ofa feature in a prediction input feature set for a prediction input dataobject that is used to divide the prediction input feature set intocategorical subsets that are in turn used to generate risk tensors.Examples of input categories for the prediction input feature set for apatient input data object include at least one of a genomic data inputcategory, a behavioral data risk category, a clinical data riskcategory, a demographic data risk category, a health history data riskcategory, and/or the like. In some embodiments, given a positive inputset for a risk category that comprises P prediction input data objects(e.g., corresponding to P patients/individuals that suffer from aparticular disease/condition), P prediction input feature sets areidentified, where each prediction input feature set comprises theprediction input features for a corresponding prediction input dataobject. Importantly, in some embodiments, the prediction input featuresfor a particular prediction input data object comprises featuresassociated with C input categories. In some of the noted embodiments,holistic graph links are generated based at least in part onco-occurrence edge weights that are generated based at least in part onthe totality of each of the P prediction input feature sets, whichinclude each feature described by the P prediction input feature setsregardless of input category. In other words, if S_(a,b) describesfeatures of an ath prediction input data object that belong to a bthinput category, co-occurrence edge weights that are used to generateholistic graph links are generated based at least in part on a featureset that comprises Σ_(i=1) ^(P)U_(j=1) ^(C)S_(i,j). This is an importantproperty, because it means that holistic graph links are able to capturepredictive associations across prediction input data objects as well aspredictive associations across input categories, which means that theholistic graph links can include predictive insights that are notcaptured by tensor-based graph representations used to generate inputdata for a particular prediction input data that is provided to atensor-based graph processing machine learning model.

Returning to FIG. 4 , at step/operation 402, the predictive dataanalysis computing entity 106 generates a model deficiency data objectbased at least in part on the group of holistic graph links. In someembodiments, the model deficiency data object describes at least asubset (e.g., a ranked subset of) those holistic graph links that arenot present in the tensor-based graph links associated with atensor-based graph processing machine learning model. In someembodiments, the model deficiency data object comprises a selectedsubset of the one or more deficiency graph links that is generated basedat least in part on: (i) an immutability score for each deficiency graphlink, (ii) an actionability score for each deficiency graph link, and(iii) a prevalence score for each deficiency graph link.

In some embodiments, step/operation 402 may be performed in accordancewith the process that is depicted in FIG. 6 , which is an exampleprocess for generating a model deficiency data object for a riskcategory. The process that is depicted in FIG. 6 begins atstep/operation 601 when the predictive data analysis computing entity106 identifies a tensor-based graph representation set for the riskcategory that comprises the tensor-based graph representations for eachprediction input data object that is in the positive input set for therisk category.

In some embodiments, each prediction input data object of P predictioninput data objects in the positive input set for a risk category isassociated with a prediction input feature set that comprises featuresassociated with C input categories. Accordingly, for a given predictioninput data object that is associated with a given prediction inputfeature set, the given prediction input feature set can be divided intoC categorical subsets, where each categorical subset comprises a subsetof the given prediction input feature set that is associated with acorresponding category of C input categories. In some embodiments, eachcategorical subset of the C categorical subsets for the given predictioninput data object is used to generate a risk tensor of C risk tensors,with each risk tensor being associated with an input category of C inputcategories and being generated based at least in part on the categoricalsubset for the corresponding input category. In some embodiments, eachrisk tensor is used to generate a tensor-based graph representation thatis a graph-based representation of the risk tensor, such that the givenprediction input data object is associated with C tensor-based graphrepresentations. In some embodiments, each tensor-based graphrepresentation is processed using a graph embedding machine learningmodel (e.g., a Node2Vec-based graph embedding machine learning model) togenerate a tensor-based graph feature embedding, such that the givenprediction input data object is associated with C graph-based featureembeddings. In some embodiments, a tensor-based graph processing machinelearning model is configured to process C graph-based feature embeddingsfor the given prediction input data object to generate an inferredhybrid risk score for the given prediction input data object. Exemplaryembodiments of risk tensors, tensor-based graph representations,tensor-based graph feature embeddings, and tensor-based graph processingmachine learning models are described in Subsection B of the presentSection IV of the present document.

In some embodiments, given a risk category that is associated with Pprediction input data objects (e.g., a disease/condition that isassociated with P afflicted patient data objects, a disease/conditionthat is associated with P high-risk patient data objects, and/or thelike), and given C input categories (e.g., given C=2 input categoriescomprising a genomic data input category and a clinical data inputcategory), P*C categorical subsets of the P prediction input featuresets for the P prediction input data objects can beidentified/generated, where the P*C categorical subsets can be used togenerate P*C risk tensors, the P*C risk tensors can be used to generateP*C tensor-based graph representations, and the P*C tensor-based graphrepresentations can be used to generate P*C tensor-based graph featureembeddings. In some embodiments, the P*C tensor-based graphrepresentations are hereby referred to as the tensor-based graphrepresentation set for the risk category.

At step/operation 602, the predictive data analysis computing entity 106identifies a group of tensor-based graph links that are in at least oneof the tensor-based graph representations in the tensor-based graphrepresentation set for the risk category. In some embodiments, atensor-based graph link describes a feature set whose collectiverelationship is captured by at least one tensor-based graphrepresentation in the tensor-based graph representation set for acorresponding risk category. In some embodiments, because at least onetensor-based graph representation in the tensor-based graphrepresentation set for a corresponding risk category captures thecollective relationship associated with the feature set, the predictivedata analysis computing entity 106 infers that the collectiverelationship is captured by the risk tensors used to generate input datafor a tensor-based graph processing machine learning model that isassociated with the corresponding risk category, and thus thetensor-based graph processing machine learning model that is associatedwith the corresponding risk category is not deficient with respect tothe noted collective relationship.

In some embodiments, a tensor-based graph link describes amaximally-sized fully-connected subgraph of a tensor-based graphrepresentation in the tensor-based graph representation set for acorresponding risk category. For example, consider an exemplaryembodiment in which the set of tensor-based graph edges described by thetensor-based graph representations in the tensor-based graphrepresentation set for a corresponding risk category includes O_(1,2),O_(1,3), O_(2,3), and O_(3,4). In this example, the tensor-based graphrepresentation set is associated with a first tensor-based graph linkthat is associated with the features F₁, F₂, and F₃, and a secondtensor-based graph link that is associated with the features F₃ and F₄.

In some embodiments, a tensor-based graph link describes afully-connected subgraph of a tensor-based graph representation in thetensor-based graph representation set for a corresponding risk category.For example, consider an exemplary embodiment in which the set oftensor-based graph edges described by the tensor-based graphrepresentations in in the tensor-based graph representation set for acorresponding risk category includes O_(1,2), O_(1,3), O_(2,3), andO_(3,4). In this example, the tensor-based graph representation set isassociated with a first tensor-based graph link that is associated withthe features F₁, F₂, and F₃, a second tensor-based graph link that isassociated with the features F₃ and F₄, a third tensor-based graph linkthat is associated with the features F₁ and F₂, a fourth tensor-basedgraph link that is associated with the features F₁ and F₃, and a fifthtensor-based graph link that is associated with the features F₂ and F₃.

At step/operation 603, the predictive data analysis computing entity 106generates/identifies one or more deficiency graph links that are in thegroup of holistic graph links but are not in the group of tensor-basedgraph links. In some embodiments, because a deficiency graph link is inthe group of holistic graph links generated based at least in part onholistic processing of prediction input feature sets across all of the Pprediction input data objects in the positive input set for the riskcategory and across all of the input categories, but not in the group oftensor-based graph links that are mapped to an input space of atensor-based graph machine learning model, the tensor-based graphmachine learning model is predicted to be deficient with respect to thedeficiency graph link, such that the input mechanism of the tensor-basedgraph machine learning model is not predicted to capture predictiveinsights related to presence of feature data corresponding to thedeficiency graph link.

At step/operation 604, the predictive data analysis computing entity 106generates the model deficiency data object based at least in part on theone or more deficiency graph links. In some embodiments, to generate themodel deficiency data object, the predictive data analysis computingentity 106: (i) ranks the one or more deficiency graph links, (ii)selects the top-ranked N deficiency graph links, (iii) generates aprevalent subset of the selected deficiency graph links whose prevalencescores satisfies a prevalence score threshold, (iv) generates anon-action-related subset of the prevalent subset that are notassociated with an existing predictive action, and (v) generates themodel deficiency data object based at least in part on (e.g., tocomprise) data associated with the deficiency graph links that fallwithin the non-action-related subset.

In some embodiments, ranking the deficiency graph links is performed ina descending manner and based at least in part on ranking measures forthe deficiency graph links, where the ranking measure for a deficiencygraph link is determined based at least in part on at least one of animmutability score for the deficiency graph link and an actionabilityscore for the deficiency graph link. In some embodiments, theimmutability score for a deficiency graph link describes how much thefeature set for the deficiency graph link is immutable, such that, forexample, a feature set that includes a genetic/genomic feature may bedetermined to be more immutable than a feature set that includes abehavioral feature. In some embodiments, the actionability score for adeficiency graph link describes an estimated cost/feasibility measurefor a predictive action (e.g., a clinical trial action) that isconfigured to establish a ground-truth/observed correlation measure forthe feature set that is associated with the deficiency graph link.

In some embodiments, the prevalence score for a deficiency graph linkdescribes an estimated measure of the ratio of a predictive inputpopulation (e.g., a patient/individual population) that has featurescorresponding to the feature set for the deficiency graph link to atotal predictive input population. In some embodiments, the prevalencescore for a deficiency graph link describes whether the feature setassociated with the deficiency graph link is present in a statisticallysignificant portion of the population. In some embodiments, by factoringin the rarity of the disease (e.g., as calculated via analysis ofclinical research) associated with the risk category, the predictivedata analysis computing entity 106 determines if the risk factorsassociated with the feature set for a deficiency graph link are presentin a statistically significant portion of the population. This is acritical step as selecting a smaller population size may be feasible fora rare disease, but a more common disease would need a much largerpopulation size to ensure that it was representative of the generalpopulation for the disease in question. If multiple risk factors arefound to be present in a statistically significant portion of thepopulation, then those risk factors could be studied as a group ratherthan individually. This would aid in the understanding of complexdiseases that have multiple genetic variants that influence theirseverity and treatment, such as the dystrophy gene. In some embodiments,if an identified risk factor is suspected to be of significance byeither manual research or the steps described above but falls short ofstatistical significance for the population, that risk factor can berevisited at a later date to ensure that the further analysis would bemeaningful.

In some embodiments, the non-action-related subset of the prevalentsubset of the deficiency graph links describes each deficiency graphlink that is both associated with a threshold-satisfying prevalencescore (e.g., whose prevalence score describes that the feature set forthe deficiency graph link is present in a statistically significantportion of the population), and that are not associated with an existingpredictive action such as a clinical trial that is configured toestablish a ground-truth/observed correlation measure for the featureset that is associated with the deficiency graph link. In someembodiments, if a statistically significant number of individuals arepresent with the risk factors in question, the predictive data analysiscomputing entity 106 analyzes public domain sources (e.g.,https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/home) to determine if any clinical trialsexist for the specific risk factors and the diseases in question. Insome embodiments, if no clinical trials exist, then one could be createdinternally utilizing the care delivery network, or the data generatedaround the diseases and the risk factors as well as the population couldbe handed off to a partner organization to run the trial, or theinformation generated could be licensed to life science organizationsfor a monetary fee, then the corresponding deficiency graph link isadded to the model deficiency data object. In some embodiments, ifclinical trials exist, and are actively running, the data generatedaround the risk factor(s) and the identified population could beflagged. The entity running the clinical could then be contacted aboututilizing the flagged population as part of their ongoing trial.

Returning to FIG. 4 , at step/operation 403, the predictive dataanalysis computing entity 106 performs one or more prediction-basedactions based at least in part on the model deficiency data object. Insome embodiments, performing the prediction-based actions comprisesgenerating user interface data for a prediction output user interfacethat describes a model deficiency data object and/or recommendedpredictive actions that are determined based at least in part on themodel deficiency data object. An operational example of such aprediction output user interface 1100 is depicted in FIG. 11 .

An example of a prediction-based action that may be performed atstep/operation 403 relates to performing operational load balancing forpost-prediction systems that perform post-prediction operations (e.g.,automated specialist appointment scheduling operations) based at leastin part on graph-based predictions. For example, in some embodiments, apredictive recommendation computing entity determines D classificationsfor D prediction input data objects using a graph processing machinelearning framework that is augmented by a model deficiency data objectthat is generated for the graph processing machine learning frameworkusing holistic graph links inferred by a graph representation machinelearning model. Then, the count of D prediction input data objects thatare associated with an affirmative classification, along with a resourceutilization ratio for each prediction input data object, can be used topredict a predicted number of computing entities needed to performpost-prediction processing operations with respect to the D predictioninput data objects. For example, in some embodiments, the number ofcomputing entities needed to perform post-prediction processingoperations (e.g., automated specialist scheduling operations) withrespect to D prediction input data objects can be determined based atleast in part on the output of the equation: R=ceil(Σ_(k) ^(k=K)ur_(k)), where R is the predicted number of computing entities needed toperform post-prediction processing operations with respect to the Dprediction input data objects, ceil(.) is a ceiling function thatreturns the closest integer that is greater than or equal to the valueprovided as the input parameter of the ceiling function, k is an indexvariable that iterates over K prediction input data objects among the Dprediction input data objects that are associated with affirmativeclassifications, and ur_(k) is the estimated resource utilization ratiofor a kth prediction input data object that may be determined based atleast in part on a patient history complexity of a patient associatedwith the prediction input data object. In some embodiments, once R isgenerated, a predictive recommendation computing entity can use R toperform operational load balancing for a server system that isconfigured to perform post-prediction processing operations with respectto D prediction input data objects. This may be done by allocatingcomputing entities to the post-prediction processing operations if thenumber of currently-allocated computing entities is below R, anddeallocating currently-allocated computing entities if the number ofcurrently-allocated computing entities is above R.

Accordingly, as discussed in greater detail above, various embodimentsof the present invention introduce techniques that improve the trainingspeed of a graph processing machine learning framework given aconstant/target predictive accuracy by using a model deficiency dataobject that is generated for the graph processing machine learningframework using holistic graph links inferred by a graph representationmachine learning model. The combination of the noted components enablesthe proposed graph processing machine learning framework to generatemore accurate graph-based predictions, which in turn increases thetraining speed of the proposed graph processing machine learningframework given a constant predictive accuracy. It is well-understood inthe relevant art that there is typically a tradeoff between predictiveaccuracy and training speed, such that it is trivial to improve trainingspeed by reducing predictive accuracy, and thus the real challenge is toimprove training speed without sacrificing predictive accuracy throughinnovative model architectures. See, e.g., Sun et al.,Feature-Frequency—Adaptive On-line Training for Fast and AccurateNatural Language Processing in 40(3) Computational Linguistic 563 atAbst. (“Typically, we need to make a tradeoff between speed andaccuracy. It is trivial to improve the training speed via sacrificingaccuracy or to improve the accuracy via sacrificing speed. Nevertheless,it is nontrivial to improve the training speed and the accuracy at thesame time”). Accordingly, techniques that improve predictive accuracywithout harming training speed, such as various techniques describedherein, enable improving training speed given a constant predictiveaccuracy. Therefore, by improving accuracy of performing graph-basedmachine learning predictions, various embodiments of the presentinvention improve the training speed of graph processing machinelearning frameworks given a constant/target predictive accuracy.

B. Generating Hybrid Risk Scores

FIG. 7 is a flowchart diagram of an example process 700 for generating ahybrid risk score generation machine learning model. Via the varioussteps/operations of the process 700, the predictive data analysiscomputing entity 106 can generate a model that is configured to enableefficient hybrid risk score generation using a fewer number ofpreconfigured parameters relative to various conventional deep learningmodels.

The process 700 begins at step/operation 701 when the predictive dataanalysis computing entity 106 identifies a trained tensor-based graphprocessing machine learning model. In some embodiments, the predictivedata analysis computing entity 106 retrieves configuration data (e.g.,parameter data, hyper-parameter data, and/or the like) for the trainedtensor-based graph processing machine learning model from the storagesubsystem 108. In some embodiments, the predictive data analysiscomputing entity 106 performs one or more model training operations togenerate configuration data (e.g., parameter data, hyper-parameter data,and/or the like) for the trained tensor-based graph processing machinelearning model.

The trained tensor-based graph processing machine learning model is atrained machine learning model that is configured to process one or moretensor-based graph feature embeddings for a prediction input data objectin order to generate an inferred hybrid risk score for the predictioninput data object. The trained tensor-based graph processing machinelearning model may be configured to receive, as at least a part of itsinputs, one or more tensor-based graph feature embeddings for aprediction input data object, where a tensor-based graph featureembedding may be a vector of one or more values that are determinedbased at least in part on a tensor-based graph representation of a risktensor of one or more risk tensors for the prediction input data object.In some embodiments, the trained tensor-based graph processing machinelearning model may include a plurality of graph-based machine learningmodels (e.g., including one or more graph convolutional neural networkmachine learning models), where each graph-based machine learning modelis configured to process a tensor-based graph feature embedding for aparticular input category to generate a per-model machine learningoutput, and an ensemble machine learning model that is configured toaggregate/combine per-model machine learning outputs across variousgraph-based machine learning models to generate the inferred hybrid riskscore for the prediction input data object. For example, a trainedtensor-based graph processing machine learning model may include: afirst graph-based machine learning model that is configured to process atensor-based graph feature embedding determined based at least in parton genomic data (e.g., based at least in part on a genomic risk tensor)for a prediction input data object in order to generate a firstper-model machine learning output, a second graph-based machine learningmodel that is configured to process a tensor-based graph featureembedding determined based at least in part on clinical data (e.g.,based at least in part on a clinical risk tensor) for a prediction inputdata object in order to generate a second per-model machine learningoutput, a third graph-based machine learning model that is configured toprocess a tensor-based graph feature embedding determined based at leastin part on behavioral data (e.g., based at least in part on a behavioralrisk tensor) for a prediction input data object in order to generate athird per-model machine learning output, and an ensemble machinelearning model that is configured to aggregate/combine the firstper-model machine learning output, the second per-model machine learningoutput, and the third per-model machine learning output in order togenerate the inferred hybrid risk score for the prediction input dataobject. In some embodiments, the trained tensor-based graph processingmachine learning model is trained (e.g., via one or more end-to-endtraining operations) using ground-truth hybrid risk scores for a set ofground-truth tensor-based graph feature embeddings for each trainingprediction input data object of a set of training prediction input dataobjects.

In some embodiments, performing step/operation 701 includes generatingthe trained tensor-based graph processing machine learning model, forexample in accordance with the process that is depicted in FIG. 8 . Theprocess that is depicted in FIG. 8 begins at step/operation 801, whenthe predictive data analysis computing entity 106 performs a set ofexplanatory data analysis operations on predictive input feature setdata associated with a set of ground-truth prediction input data objectsto generate, for each ground-truth prediction input data object of theset of ground-truth prediction input data objects, a set of ground-truthrisk tensors. In some embodiments, the predictive data analysiscomputing entity 106 performs explanatory data analysis on relevant datasets associated with a prediction input data object to determine a setof data inferences, such as clinical inferences, genomic inferences,medication inferences, treatment inferences, electronic medical record(EMR) inferences, claims-related inferences, social health determinantinferences, patient-reported outcome inferences, primary careinferences, medical image inferences, and/or the like. In someembodiments, the data inferences are used to determine ground-truth risktensors.

In general, a risk tensor may describe a tensor data object thatincludes a set of subject-matter-defined data items associated with aprediction input data object. In some embodiments, a risk tensordescribes a heterogeneous group of data that are related by theunderlying risk tensor and relate to an input category that correspondsto the risk tensor. Examples of risk tensors include a genomic risktensor that includes genomic data associated with a prediction inputdata object, a behavioral risk tensor that includes behavioral dataassociated with a prediction input data object, a clinical risk tensorthat includes clinical data associated with a prediction input dataobject, a demographic risk tensor that includes demographic dataassociated with a prediction input data object, a health history risktensor that includes health history data associated with a predictioninput data object, and/or the like.

For example, a genomic risk tensor may describe at least one ofribonucleic acid (RNA)-seq data, complex molecular biomarkers relatingto oncology (e.g. tumor mutational burden), single nucleotidepolymorphisms, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) methylation data from panels,and/or the like. In some embodiments, all of the noted data items may begrouped, because they are all related to the genomic risk profile for agiven disease, even though the data items are different, relate todifferent aspects of the genome, and come in different file formats(e.g. FASTQ files for DNA data, .IDAT files for Illumina InfiniumHumanMethylation480 chip data, and/or the like). In some embodiments, ifspecific data items are assumed, from existing clinical practice, to behighly influential (e.g. smoking status and pack history for lungcancer), then a confidence score in the relevance of each risk tensor,and the necessary volumes of data, may be generated. The output from theconfidence score can be used to assess whether there are sufficient datato adopt the risk tensor data, or whether additional data arerecommended (e.g. data augmentation is needed in the case of medicalimage data). In some embodiments, when a risk tensor is associated witha ground-truth inferred hybrid risk score and used to generate a trainedtensor-based graph processing machine learning model (e.g., bygenerating ground-truth tensor-based graph feature embeddings that areused as inputs during the training of a tensor-based graph processingmachine learning model), the risk tensor is referred to as aground-truth risk tensor. In some embodiments, when a risk tensor isused to generate inferred hybrid risk scores that are in turn used togenerate a hybrid risk score generation machine learning model, the risktensor is referred to as a prior risk tensor.

At step/operation 802, the predictive data analysis computing entity 106generates, for each ground-truth prediction input data object of the setof ground-truth prediction input data objects, a set of refinedground-truth risk tensors based at least in part on the set ofground-truth risk tensors for the ground-truth prediction input dataobject. However, while various embodiments of the present inventiondescribe refining risk ground-truth tensors to generate refinedground-truth risk tensors, a person of ordinary skill in the relevanttechnology will recognize that in some embodiments ground-truth risktensors may be automatically adopted as refined risk tensors and thusrefinement operations may be skipped.

In some embodiments, to perform step/operation 802, the predictive dataanalysis computing entity 106 generates a confidence score for theconstituent data in each particular ground-truth risk tensor. Theconfidence score for a ground-truth risk score may be generated based atleast in part on the volume of the constituent data, the estimatedmagnitude of the signal strength or statistical power of a given feature(e.g. Cohen's d score for effect size) of the constituent data,constituent data completeness, and quality and the presence of redundantand highly-correlated genomic variants and collinear features among theconstituent data. In some embodiments, if the confidence score for agiven ground-truth risk tensor fails to satisfy a confidence scorethreshold (e.g., falls short of the minimum threshold score foradaptation by the predictive data analysis computing entity 106 as, forexample, determined by expert data scientists), then the failure isflagged and the predictive data analysis computing entity 106 willattempt automatically to source new data. There are several differentways that this confidence thresholding technique could be performed,depending upon the specific type of the ground-truth risk tensor. Forexample, if the confidence score was low for a genomic risk tensor, thepredictive data analysis computing entity 106 may interact with theapplication programming interfaces (APIs) of public-domain genomics datarepositories, such as the Sequence Read Archive (available online athttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra), to acquire supplementary data. For aclinical risk tensor, the predictive data analysis computing entity 106may query suitable EMR data sources for more historical data, or performdata augmentation on medical image data. This process may continue untila sufficient threshold confidence score is reached (at which point thelatest state of a ground-truth risk tensor may be adopted as a refinedground-truth risk tensor), or, as a last resort, a notification to ahuman operator is transmitted after a defined number of tensoraugmentation operations are performed.

At step/operation 803, the predictive data analysis computing entity 106generates, for each ground-truth prediction input data object of the setof ground-truth prediction input data objects, a set of ground-truthtensor-based graph feature embeddings based at least in part on the setof refined ground-truth risk scores for the ground-truth predictioninput data object. In some embodiments, to perform step/operation 803,the predictive data analysis computing entity 106 performs at least oneof the following on each set of refined ground-truth risk tensors for aground-truth patient: one or more data quality operations, one or moredata engineering operations, one or more first-order feature engineeringoperations, and/or the like.

A tensor-based graph feature embedding may be a fixed-sizerepresentation of a tensor-based graph representation, which is agraph-based representation of a risk tensor. In some embodiments, togenerate a graph-based representation of a risk tensor, the predictivedata analysis computing entity 106 may embed/convert/transform dataitems in the given risk tensor into a graph (e.g., a multiplex graph)representation (e.g., by converting the risk tensor into a graphembedding, for example by using a Node2Vec feature embedding routine).For example, given a genomic risk tensor, if suitable genomic networksfor any diseases under consideration are available from the KyotoEncyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) resource (e.g. for non-smallcell lung cancer, the genomic pathway, available online athttps://www.genome.jp/kegg-bin/show_pathway?hsa05223), then the pathwaymay be converted to a graph representation in order to generate atensor-based graph feature embedding for the genomic risk tensor. Insome embodiments, when a tensor-based graph feature embedding is used togenerate a trained tensor-based graph processing machine learning model(e.g., by using ground-truth tensor-based graph feature embeddings asinputs during the training of a tensor-based graph processing machinelearning model), the tensor-based graph feature embedding is referred toas a ground-truth tensor-based graph feature embedding. In someembodiments, when a tensor-based graph feature embedding is used togenerate inferred hybrid risk scores that are in turn used to generate ahybrid risk score generation machine learning model, the tensor-basedgraph feature embedding is referred to as a prior tensor-based graphfeature embedding.

At step/operation 804, the predictive data analysis computing entity 106generates the trained tensor-based graph processing machine learningmodel based at least in part on the set of ground-truth tensor-basedgraph feature embeddings for each ground-truth prediction input dataobject of the set of ground-truth prediction input data objects. In someembodiments, to perform step/operation 804, the predictive data analysiscomputing entity 106 trains a Graph Neural Network Deep Learning model(GNN-DL) for each ground-truth risk tensor based at least in part on thedata in that particular ground-truth risk tensor (e.g., as described bythe ground-truth tensor-based graph feature embedding for the particularground-truth risk score). In some embodiments, the specific type of deeplearning models may be determined based at least in part on context andrepresentation of the genomic information in the knowledge graph. Thealgorithm for performing inference in the graph may also be determinedby context, such that its particular inductive bias is deemed to be areasonable match to the data within each particular ground-truth risktensor.

In some embodiments, to generate a graph-based machine learning modelthat is configured to process genomic data to generate a per-modelmachine learning output, depending on the types of genomic data in thegenomic risk tensor and the availability of an algorithm to accommodatevariants more complex than single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), thepredictive data analysis computing entity 106 begins with an initialequation typical of a polygenic risk score (e.g., an equationcharacterized by a weighted sum of risk alleles) with additional termsfor other variants derived from “best guess” terms in the initialequation for the PRS for the disease(s) under consideration. For each ofthe remaining types of predictive input feature set data, the predictivedata analysis computing entity 106 may utilize a suitable existing riskmodel (or clinical prediction model) that is reasonably applicable tothe data with that specific risk tensor and to the disease(s) inquestion. These may be the starting (candidate) equations for thatparticular GNN-DL model, and may be used to bootstrap the overall riskscore for the disease under consideration. A summary of exemplaryclinical prediction models may be found here:https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/365/bmj.1737.full.pdf.

In some embodiments, as part of step/operation 804, the predictive dataanalysis computing entity 106 may partition the existing data to createa hold-out data set for positive cases of the disease(s) underconsideration. The positive class may be associated with predictioninput data objects that are related to the patients and that have aconfirmed diagnosis for the disease(s) under consideration. The trainingof each model, on a specific risk tensor, may be performed in anend-to-end manner.

Returning to FIG. 7 , at step/operation 702, the predictive dataanalysis computing entity 106 generates the hybrid risk score generationmachine learning model using the trained tensor-based graph processingmachine learning model. In some embodiments, the predictive dataanalysis computing entity 106 generates a model that relates a set ofprior tensor-based graph feature embeddings for a set of priorprediction input data objects to a set of inferred hybrid risk scoresfor the set of prior prediction input data objects as generated by thehybrid risk score generation machine learning model, and then generatesthe hybrid risk score generation machine learning model based at leastin part on the noted model.

A hybrid risk score generation machine learning model may be a modelthat relates one or more tensor-based graph feature embeddings for aprediction input data object to a hybrid risk score for the predictioninput data object. For example, the hybrid risk score generation machinelearning model may be determined by performing one or more geneticprogramming operations (e.g., including one or more symbolic regressionoperations) based at least in part on sets of prior tensor-based graphfeature embeddings for a set of prior prediction input data objects anda set of corresponding inferred hybrid risk scores for the set of priorprediction input data objects, where an inferred hybrid risk score for aprior prediction input data object may be determined by processing theset of prior tensor-based graph feature embeddings for the priorprediction input data object using a trained tensor-based graphprocessing machine learning model, and where the set of priortensor-based graph feature embeddings for a prior prediction input dataobject may be supplied as input variables and/or as regressor variablesfor the one or more genetic programming operations performed to generatethe hybrid risk score generation machine learning model. The hybrid riskscore generation machine learning model may be configured to process, asinputs, a set of tensor-based graph feature embeddings and generate, asan output, a hybrid risk score, where each tensor-based graph featureembedding may be a vector, and where each hybrid risk score may be anatomic value or a vector.

In some embodiments, step/operation 702 may be performed in accordancewith the process that is depicted in FIG. 9 . The process that isdepicted at step/operation 901, when the predictive data analysiscomputing entity 106 generates an inferred hybrid risk score for eachprior prediction input data object of a set of prior prediction inputdata objects by processing a set of prior tensor-based graph featureembeddings for the prior prediction input data object using the trainedtensor-based graph processing machine learning model in order togenerate the inferred hybrid risk score for the prior prediction inputdata object. In some embodiments, as part of step/operation 901, thepredictive data analysis computing entity 106: (i) for each of thegraph-based machine learning models associated with the tensor-basedgraph processing machine learning model, partitions ground-truthtensor-based graph feature embedding sets for validation and/orhyper-parameter tuning, and (ii) trains each of the graph-based machinelearning models associated with the tensor-based graph processingmachine learning model using a partitioned subset of the ground-truthtensor-based graph feature embedding sets that is reserved for trainingof the tensor-based graph processing machine learning model.

An inferred hybrid risk score may be a risk score that is generated by atrained tensor-based graph processing machine learning model byprocessing a set of tensor-based graph feature embeddings for acorresponding prediction input data object. For example, the inferredhybrid risk score for a particular prediction input data object may begenerated by processing (using a trained tensor-based graph processingmachine learning model) the genomic tensor-based graph feature embeddingfor the particular prediction input data object as determined based atleast in part on the genomic risk tensor for the particular predictioninput data object, the clinical tensor-based graph feature embedding forthe particular prediction input data object as determined based at leastin part on the clinical risk tensor for the particular prediction inputdata object, and the behavioral tensor-based graph feature embedding forthe particular prediction input data object based at least in part onthe behavioral risk tensor for the particular prediction input dataobject. The inferred hybrid risk score may be a vector.

At step/operation 902, the predictive data analysis computing entity 106determines a set of regressor variable values for each prior predictioninput data object of a set of prior prediction input data objects basedat least in part on the set of prior tensor-based graph featureembeddings for the prior prediction input data object. In someembodiments, using the initial candidate equations for the per-modelmachine learning output associated with each individual tensor-basedgraph feature embedding, the predictive data analysis computing entity106 determines the regressor variables. In some embodiments, theregressor variables are determined based at least in part on techniquesfor determining separate and interpretable internal functions asdescribed in Crammer et al., Discovering Symbolic Models from DeepLearning with Inductive Biases, arXiv:2006.11287v2, available online athttps://arxiv.org/pdf/2006.11287.pdf (2020). In some embodiments, apriori, the predictive data analysis computing entity 106 over-estimatesthe number of regressor variables so that the algorithm can reduce theparameter space of the hybrid risk score generation machine learningmodel. In some embodiments, a regressor variable may be any feature orfeature-engineered variable that is used in a predictive model as aninput to the predictive model.

At step/operation 903, the predictive data analysis computing entity 106performs a set of genetic programming operations on each priorprediction input data object of a set of prior prediction input dataobjects to generate the hybrid risk score generation machine learningmodel. In some embodiments, at step/operation 903, using the initialclinical prediction models and weighted sum of risk alleles (in the caseof the genomic risk tensor) or existing outline clinical risk model forthe disease(s) in question, the predictive data analysis computingentity performs symbolic regression on each tensor-based graph featureembedding to generate the simplest and most accurate risk model for thattensor-based graph feature embedding. In some embodiments, the geneticprogramming operations enable a refinement method between the individualgraph-based machine learning models of the trained tensor-based graphprocessing machine learning model. The outputs of the geneticprogramming operations may be in the form of a graph where the nodesrepresent mathematical building blocks and edges represent parameters,coefficients and/or system variables. In some embodiments, the one ormore genetic programming operations comprise one or more symbolicregression operations, such as one or more symbolic regressionoperations performed in accordance with the techniques disclosed inSchmidt et al., Symbolic Regression of Implicit Equations, in Geneticprogramming Theory and Practice VII at 73-85 available online athttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4419-1626-6_5 (2009).

In some embodiments, step/operation 903 may be performed using one ormore modeling generation epochs, where performing operationscorresponding to a particular model generation epoch may be performed inaccordance with the process that is depicted in FIG. 10 . The processthat is depicted at FIG. 10 begins at step/operation 1001, when thepredictive data analysis computing entity 106 performs one or moreper-embedding genetic programming operations with respect to each priortensor-based graph feature embedding for the prior prediction input dataobject to generate a per-embedding genetic programming modeling dataobject for the prior tensor-based graph feature embedding. Theper-embedding genetic programming modeling data object for a priortensor-based graph feature embedding for a prediction input data objectmay be a model that relates the prior tensor-based graph featureembedding to an inferred hybrid risk score for the prediction input dataobject.

At step/operation 1002, the predictive data analysis computing entity106 performs a set of cross-model interactions across each per-embeddinggenetic programming modeling data object for a prior tensor-based graphfeature embedding to generate an overall inferred risk model for themodel generation epoch. In some embodiments, at each model generationepoch, the predictive data analysis computing entity 106 performscross-tensor interaction across the per-embedding genetic programmingmodeling data objects to generate an overall inferred risk model for themodel generation epoch. In some embodiments, step/operation 1002 may beperformed to optimize the final combined risk equation for thedisease(s) under consideration. In some embodiments, the output from thecross-tensor symbolic regression is a candidate equation representingthe overall risk for the disease(s) under consideration.

At step/operation 1003, the predictive data analysis computing entity106 evaluates the overall inferred risk model for the model generationepoch using test data to determine a testing evaluation output for theoverall inferred risk model for the model generation epoch. In someembodiments, the predictive data analysis computing entity 106 tests theoverall inferred risk model using the hold-out test data. In someembodiments, the final overall risk model needs to meet a pre-determinedthreshold for accuracy, otherwise the predictive data analysis computingentity 106 produces a warning. In some embodiments, providing additionaldata, utilizing additional parameters, utilizing other embeddingmethods, performing feature engineering, and changing modelarchitectures to different types of graph-based machine learning modelswould all be considered and the entire process re-run until the accuracythreshold is met on hold-out data reserved for testing.

At step/operation 1004, the predictive data analysis computing entity106 determines the hybrid risk score generation machine learning modelbased at least in part on the testing evaluation output. If the testingevaluation output describes that the overall inferred risk model meetsaccuracy requirements, the predictive data analysis computing entity 106may adopt the overall inferred risk as the hybrid risk score generationmachine learning model. However, if the testing evaluation outputdescribes that the overall inferred risk model fails to meet accuracyrequirements, a new model generation epoch may be performed. In someembodiments, if the testing evaluation output describes that the overallinferred risk model fails to meet accuracy requirements, actionableoutputs are used to refine the next pass through the data once theadjustments have been made (roughly analogous to the back-propagationstep in a deep neural network, and perhaps using a lifelong machinelearning approach or an incremental learning approach). The hybrid riskscore generation machine learning model may then be assessed forsimplicity, by ensuring that repeated similar terms are necessary as themodel loses accuracy when they are combined.

In some embodiments, the predictive data analysis computing entity 106enables lifelong machine learning capability for the hybrid risk score,so that it will continue to be updated from “real-world” feedback of itsresults, e.g., if it predicted that a patient with certain clinical,genomic, behavioral characteristics would be at risk of a certaincondition through its generated risk equation and the inferred hybridrisk score was incorrect, this information will be fed back in to thesolution (analogously to the back-prop step in a typical deep neuralnetwork) so that it can learn from its results and improve over time. Insome embodiments, once all accuracy metrics are met, the hybrid riskscore generation machine learning model is then ready for use in aclinical trial to determine its accuracy and efficacy in real-worldclinical scenarios on diverse patient groups. If the risk equationperforms sufficiently in the real-world, it is deemed ready to beaccepted for general clinical use in a clinical decision supportsolution.

In some embodiments, once generated, the hybrid risk score generationmachine learning model may be used to generate a hybrid risk score for aprediction input data object (e.g., based at least in part ontensor-based graph feature embeddings for the prediction input dataobject). In some embodiments, generating a hybrid risk score for aprediction input data object includes processing a plurality of graphfeature embedding data objects for the prediction input data objectusing a hybrid risk score generation machine learning model to generatethe hybrid risk score, wherein: (i) the hybrid risk score generationmachine learning model is generated using a set of genetic programmingoperations, (ii) the set of genetic programming operations are performedbased at least in part on a set of inferred hybrid risk scores for a setof prior prediction input data objects, and (iii) each inferred hybridrisk score of the set of inferred hybrid risk scores is generated byprocessing a plurality of prior graph feature embedding data objects fora corresponding prior prediction input data object of the set ofprediction input data objects using a tensor-based graph processingmachine learning model.

In some embodiments, the tensor-based graph processing machine learningmodel comprises a plurality of graph-based machine learning models andan ensemble machine learning model. In some embodiments, eachgraph-based machine learning model of the plurality of graph-basedmachine learning models is configured to process a prior graph featureembedding data object of the plurality of prior graph feature embeddingdata objects for a prior prediction input data object of the set ofprediction input data objects to generate an inferred hybrid risk scoreof the set of inferred hybrid risk scores for the prior prediction inputdata object. In some embodiments, the plurality of graph-based machinelearning models comprises one or more graph convolutional neural networkmachine learning models. In some embodiments, the plurality of graphfeature embedding data objects comprises a genomic graph featureembedding data object. In some embodiments, the plurality of graphfeature embedding data objects comprises a behavioral graph featureembedding data object. In some embodiments, the plurality of graphfeature embedding data objects comprises a clinical graph featureembedding data object. In some embodiments, the set of geneticprogramming operations comprises a set of symbolic regressionoperations.

In some embodiments, once generated, the hybrid risk score may be usedby the predictive data analysis computing entity 106 to perform one ormore prediction-based actions. Examples of prediction-based actionsinclude: generating user interface data for one or more predictionoutput user interfaces and providing the user interface data to one ormore client computing entities 102, displaying one or more predictionoutput user interfaces to an end user, generating notification data forone or more notification user interfaces and providing the notificationdata to one or more client computing entities 102, presenting one ormore electronically-generated notifications to an end user, and/or thelike.

Accordingly, as described in this Subsection, various embodiments of thepresent invention improve the computational efficiency of performingrisk score generation predictive data analysis by describing reliablehybrid risk score generation machine learning models that are trainedbased at least in part on performing genetic programming operations onthe inferred outputs generated by another machine learning model, suchas the inferred outputs generated by a hybrid tensor-based graphprocessing machine learning model. The hybrid risk score generationmachine learning models described and enabled by various embodiments ofthe present invention often require relatively little computationalresources (including processing resources and memory resources) toexecute. This is because genetic programming operations (e.g., symbolicregression operations) are able to infer often non-complex algebraicrelationships between inputs to the hybrid risk score generation machinelearning models, a feature that both reduces the runtime cost ofperforming predictive inferences using the noted inferred hybrid riskscore generation machine learning models and improves the need forstoring complex configuration data for the inferred hybrid risk scoregeneration machine learning models in order to enable performingpredictive inferences using the hybrid risk score generation machinelearning models. In this way, various embodiments of the presentinvention improve both computational efficiency and storage-wiseefficiency of performing risk score generation predictive data analysisand make important technical contributions to the field of predictivedata analysis in relation to machine learning techniques for generatingrisk scores. While various embodiments of the present invention discussperforming a set of genetic programming operations, a person of ordinaryskill in the relevant technology will recognize that operations of anyevolutionary optimization computational method may be used.

Moreover, various embodiments of the present invention improveinterpretability of performing risk score generation machine learningmodels. The inferred hybrid risk score generation machine learningmodels described and enabled by various embodiments of the presentinvention describe interpretable relationships between regressorvariables, a feature that, in turn, enables a predictive data analysissystem to generate explanatory metadata for a generated hybrid riskscore. In this way, various embodiments of the present invention improveinterpretability of performing risk score generation predictive dataanalysis and make important technical contributions to the field ofpredictive data analysis in relation to machine learning techniques forgenerating risk scores.

Accordingly, as discussed in greater detail above, various embodimentsof the present invention introduce techniques that improve the trainingspeed of a graph processing machine learning framework given aconstant/target predictive accuracy by using a model deficiency dataobject that is generated for the graph processing machine learningframework using holistic graph links inferred by a graph representationmachine learning model. The combination of the noted components enablesthe proposed graph processing machine learning framework to generatemore accurate graph-based predictions, which in turn increases thetraining speed of the proposed graph set processing machine learningframework given a constant predictive accuracy. It is well-understood inthe relevant art that there is typically a tradeoff between predictiveaccuracy and training speed, such that it is trivial to improve trainingspeed by reducing predictive accuracy, and thus the real challenge is toimprove training speed without sacrificing predictive accuracy throughinnovative model architectures. See, e.g., Sun et al.,Feature-Frequency—Adaptive On-line Training for Fast and AccurateNatural Language Processing in Computational Linguistic 563 at Abst.(“Typically, we need to make a tradeoff between speed and accuracy. Itis trivial to improve the training speed via sacrificing accuracy or toimprove the accuracy via sacrificing speed. Nevertheless, it isnontrivial to improve the training speed and the accuracy at the sametime”). Accordingly, techniques that improve predictive accuracy withoutharming training speed, such as various techniques described herein,enable improving training speed given a constant predictive accuracy.Therefore, by improving accuracy of performing graph-based machinelearning predictions, various embodiments of the present inventionimprove the training speed of graph processing machine learningframeworks given a constant/target predictive accuracy.

VI. Conclusion

Many modifications and other embodiments will come to mind to oneskilled in the art to which this disclosure pertains having the benefitof the teachings presented in the foregoing descriptions and theassociated drawings. Therefore, it is to be understood that thedisclosure is not to be limited to the specific embodiments disclosedand that modifications and other embodiments are intended to be includedwithin the scope of the appended claims. Although specific terms areemployed herein, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense onlyand not for purposes of limitation.

1. A computer-implemented method for generating a model deficiency dataobject for a tensor-based graph processing machine learning model thatis associated with a risk category, the computer-implemented methodcomprising: identifying, using one or more processors, a positive inputset that is associated with the risk category, wherein: the positiveinput set comprises a plurality of prediction input data objects thatare associated with an affirmative label for the risk category, and eachprediction input data object in the positive input set is associatedwith: (i) a prediction input feature set, (ii) a plurality of risktensors each generated based at least in part on a categorical subset ofthe prediction input feature set for the prediction input data objectthat is associated with an input category of a plurality of inputcategories, and (iii) a plurality of tensor-based graph representationsgenerated based at least in part on the plurality of risk tensors forthe prediction input data object; identifying, using the one or moreprocessors, a tensor-based graph representation set for the positiveinput set, wherein: (i) the tensor-based graph representation setcomprises, for each prediction input data object in the positive inputset, the plurality of tensor-based graph representations for theprediction input data object, and (ii) the tensor-based graphrepresentation set describes a group of tensor-based graph links;generating, using the one or more processors and a graph representationmachine learning model, and based at least in part on each predictioninput feature set, a group of holistic graph links; generating, usingthe one or more processors and based at least in part on the group oftensor-based graph links and the group of holistic graph links, themodel deficiency data object; and performing, using the one or moreprocessors, one or more prediction-based actions based at least in parton the model deficiency data object.
 2. The computer-implemented methodof claim 1, wherein, for a given prediction input data object, thetensor-based graph processing machine learning model is configured to:for each tensor-based graph representation that is associated with thegiven prediction input data object, generate a tensor-based graphfeature embedding that is associated with a respective input category ofthe risk tensor that is used to generate the tensor-based graphrepresentation, and generate an inferred hybrid risk score for the givenprediction input data object based at least in part on each tensor-basedgraph feature embedding that is associated with the given predictioninput data object.
 3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2,wherein: the tensor-based graph processing machine learning modelcomprises a plurality of graph-based machine learning models eachassociated with a respective input category and an ensemble machinelearning model, and generating the inferred hybrid risk score for thegiven prediction input data object comprises: (i) for each inputcategory, generating, using the graph-based machine learning model andbased at least in part on the tensor-based graph feature embedding forthe input category, a categorical tensor-based graph feature embedding,and (ii) generating, using the ensemble model and based at least in parton each categorical tensor-based graph feature embedding, the inferredhybrid risk score.
 4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2,wherein: for each prior prediction input data object of a plurality ofprediction input data objects, the plurality of tensor-based graphfeature embeddings for the prior prediction input data object aregenerated by the tensor-based graph processing machine learning model togenerate the inferred hybrid risk score for the prior prediction inputdata object, a hybrid risk score generation machine learning model isgenerated using one or more genetic programming operations, and the oneor more genetic programming operations are configured to, for each priorprediction input data object, relate the plurality of tensor-based graphfeature embeddings for the prior prediction input data object to theinferred hybrid risk score for the prior prediction input data object.5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the one or moregenetic programming operations comprise one or more symbolic regressionoperations that are configured to generate one or more refined regressorvariables for the hybrid risk score generation machine learning modeland one or more refined input variables for the hybrid risk scoregeneration machine learning model.
 6. The computer-implemented method ofclaim 1, wherein generating the model deficiency data object comprises:generating one or more deficiency graph links that are in the group ofholistic graph links but are not in the group of tensor-based graphlinks; and generating the model deficiency data object based at least inpart on the one or more deficiency graph links.
 7. Thecomputer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the model deficiencydata object comprises a selected subset of the one or more deficiencygraph links that is generated based at least in part on: (i) animmutability score for each deficiency graph link, (ii) an actionabilityscore for each deficiency graph link, and (iii) a prevalence score foreach deficiency graph link.
 8. An apparatus for generating a modeldeficiency data object for a tensor-based graph processing machinelearning model that is associated with a risk category, the apparatuscomprising at least one processor and at least one memory includingprogram code, the at least one memory and the program code configuredto, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least:identify a positive input set that is associated with the risk category,wherein: the positive input set comprises a plurality of predictioninput data objects that are associated with an affirmative label for therisk category, and each prediction input data object in the positiveinput set is associated with: (i) a prediction input feature set, (ii) aplurality of risk tensors each generated based at least in part on acategorical subset of the prediction input feature set for theprediction input data object that is associated with an input categoryof a plurality of input categories, and (iii) a plurality oftensor-based graph representations generated based at least in part onthe plurality of risk tensors for the prediction input data object;identify a tensor-based graph representation set for the positive inputset, wherein: (i) the tensor-based graph representation set comprises,for each prediction input data object in the positive input set, theplurality of tensor-based graph representations for the prediction inputdata object, and (ii) the tensor-based graph representation setdescribes a group of tensor-based graph links; generate, using a graphrepresentation machine learning model, and based at least in part oneach prediction input feature set, a group of holistic graph links;generate, based at least in part on the group of tensor-based graphlinks and the group of holistic graph links, the model deficiency dataobject; and perform one or more prediction-based actions based at leastin part on the model deficiency data object.
 9. The apparatus of claim8, wherein, for a given prediction input data object, the tensor-basedgraph processing machine learning model is configured to: for eachtensor-based graph representation that is associated with the givenprediction input data object, generate a tensor-based graph featureembedding that is associated with a respective input category of therisk tensor that is used to generate the tensor-based graphrepresentation, and generate an inferred hybrid risk score for the givenprediction input data object based at least in part on each tensor-basedgraph feature embedding that is associated with the given predictioninput data object.
 10. The apparatus method of claim 9, wherein: thetensor-based graph processing machine learning model comprises aplurality of graph-based machine learning models each associated with arespective input category and an ensemble machine learning model, andgenerating the inferred hybrid risk score for the given prediction inputdata object comprises: (i) for each input category, generating, usingthe graph-based machine learning model and based at least in part on thetensor-based graph feature embedding for the input category, acategorical tensor-based graph feature embedding, and (ii) generating,using the ensemble model and based at least in part on each categoricaltensor-based graph feature embedding, the inferred hybrid risk score.11. The apparatus method of claim 9, wherein: for each prior predictioninput data object of a plurality of prediction input data objects, theplurality of tensor-based graph feature embeddings for the priorprediction input data object are generated by the tensor-based graphprocessing machine learning model to generate the inferred hybrid riskscore for the prior prediction input data object, a hybrid risk scoregeneration machine learning model is generated using one or more geneticprogramming operations, and the one or more genetic programmingoperations are configured to, for each prior prediction input dataobject, relate the plurality of tensor-based graph feature embeddingsfor the prior prediction input data object to the inferred hybrid riskscore for the prior prediction input data object.
 12. The apparatusmethod of claim 11, wherein the one or more genetic programmingoperations comprise one or more symbolic regression operations that areconfigured to generate one or more refined regressor variables for thehybrid risk score generation machine learning model and one or morerefined input variables for the hybrid risk score generation machinelearning model.
 13. The apparatus method of claim 8, wherein generatingthe model deficiency data object comprises: generating one or moredeficiency graph links that are in the group of holistic graph links butare not in the group of tensor-based graph links; and generating themodel deficiency data object based at least in part on the one or moredeficiency graph links.
 14. The apparatus method of claim 13, whereinthe model deficiency data object comprises a selected subset of the oneor more deficiency graph links that is generated based at least in parton: (i) an immutability score for each deficiency graph link, (ii) anactionability score for each deficiency graph link, and (iii) aprevalence score for each deficiency graph link.
 15. A computer programproduct for generating a model deficiency data object for a tensor-basedgraph processing machine learning model that is associated with a riskcategory, the computer program product comprising at least onenon-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readableprogram code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program codeportions configured to: identify a positive input set that is associatedwith the risk category, wherein: the positive input set comprises aplurality of prediction input data objects that are associated with anaffirmative label for the risk category, and each prediction input dataobject in the positive input set is associated with: (i) a predictioninput feature set, (ii) a plurality of risk tensors each generated basedat least in part on a categorical subset of the prediction input featureset for the prediction input data object that is associated with aninput category of a plurality of input categories, and (iii) a pluralityof tensor-based graph representations generated based at least in parton the plurality of risk tensors for the prediction input data object;identify a tensor-based graph representation set for the positive inputset, wherein: (i) the tensor-based graph representation set comprises,for each prediction input data object in the positive input set, theplurality of tensor-based graph representations for the prediction inputdata object, and (ii) the tensor-based graph representation setdescribes a group of tensor-based graph links; generate, using a graphrepresentation machine learning model, and based at least in part oneach prediction input feature set, a group of holistic graph links;generate, based at least in part on the group of tensor-based graphlinks and the group of holistic graph links, the model deficiency dataobject; and perform one or more prediction-based actions based at leastin part on the model deficiency data object.
 16. The computer programproduct of claim 15, wherein, for a given prediction input data object,the tensor-based graph processing machine learning model is configuredto: for each tensor-based graph representation that is associated withthe given prediction input data object, generate a tensor-based graphfeature embedding that is associated with a respective input category ofthe risk tensor that is used to generate the tensor-based graphrepresentation, and generate an inferred hybrid risk score for the givenprediction input data object based at least in part on each tensor-basedgraph feature embedding that is associated with the given predictioninput data object.
 17. The computer program product of claim 16,wherein: the tensor-based graph processing machine learning modelcomprises a plurality of graph-based machine learning models eachassociated with a respective input category and an ensemble machinelearning model, and generating the inferred hybrid risk score for thegiven prediction input data object comprises: (i) for each inputcategory, generating, using the graph-based machine learning model andbased at least in part on the tensor-based graph feature embedding forthe input category, a categorical tensor-based graph feature embedding,and (ii) generating, using the ensemble model and based at least in parton each categorical tensor-based graph feature embedding, the inferredhybrid risk score.
 18. The computer program product of claim 16,wherein: for each prior prediction input data object of a plurality ofprediction input data objects, the plurality of tensor-based graphfeature embeddings for the prior prediction input data object aregenerated by the tensor-based graph processing machine learning model togenerate the inferred hybrid risk score for the prior prediction inputdata object, a hybrid risk score generation machine learning model isgenerated using one or more genetic programming operations, and the oneor more genetic programming operations are configured to, for each priorprediction input data object, relate the plurality of tensor-based graphfeature embeddings for the prior prediction input data object to theinferred hybrid risk score for the prior prediction input data object.19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the one or moregenetic programming operations comprise one or more symbolic regressionoperations that are configured to generate one or more refined regressorvariables for the hybrid risk score generation machine learning modeland one or more refined input variables for the hybrid risk scoregeneration machine learning model.
 20. The computer program product ofclaim 15, wherein generating the model deficiency data object comprises:generating one or more deficiency graph links that are in the group ofholistic graph links but are not in the group of tensor-based graphlinks; and generating the model deficiency data object based at least inpart on the one or more deficiency graph links.